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Houbraken may have meant Cornelis Stooter, since both Elsevier and Stooter were founders of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke, and all four men were known as landscape painters. According to the RKD he was the son of Hans Liefrinck II, is registered as a master painter in the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in the years 1604-1632, and became bailiff of ...
Entrance gate (from 1689) to Pieterskerkgracht 9, the location of Ars Aemula Naturae since 1859. The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde dating from 1648, the newer Leidse Tekenacademie established in 1694, and the collective known as Ars Aemula Naturae (art competes with nature) established in 1799.
The following lists of painters by name includes about 3,400 painters from all ages and parts of the world.
The Mont-Saint-Michel Island, depicted in the famous painting of the same name by James Webb in 1857, is a famous tourist destination. Its history dates back to the 8th century. Bishop Aubert ...
That painting currently hangs in the Louvre. [2] According to the RKD he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke on November 22, 1661. [3] He remained a member until 1668, and after a break of five years began paying dues again from 1673-1680. [3] In 1690 he became headman, and in 1691 deacon of the guild. [3]
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The Leiden fine painters produced a small scale of mostly genre paintings or portraits with high attention to detail, which was made popular by Frans' master Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), a Dutch Golden Age painter. Frans' superb skills as a painter rubbed off on his son and his influence can be seen in technique, subject matter, and style. [5]
Gerrit or Gerard Pietersz van Zijl, also van Zyl / Zyll or Geerards (c.1607, Leiden – 19 December 1665, ... he was an inspiration to aspiring portrait painters.