Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 271
e most remarkable; sominutely did he dwell oneach part, that he wasobliged to relinquish por-trait painting on account ofthe weariness to his sitters.He loved to paint her-mits, and Scriptural events,and, like Rembrandt, beoften repeated his ownface. His inipasto is ad-mirable ; his color warmand… … ICTURE BY G. DOW. Vienna Gall. DOW — DROST. 253 of his minute execution lie finished more than 200 pictures. Theyare never large, and rarely contain more than three figures. Evenin his own time his works were so much esteemed that President VanSpiring offered him 1000 florins a year for the right…
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