Identifier: dictionaryofpain05brya (find matches)
Title: Dictionary of painters and engravers
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821 Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Painters Engravers
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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dhim. He died at Antwerp in 1644, and was buriedin the church of St. Jacques. In the AntwerpGallery there is a Transfigurationby him; anotherversion of the same subject is at Nancy. VAN DEN MOORTELLE, (or Moortere,)Gherolf, a Flemish painter of the 15th century,was a pupil of Daniel De Rycke. He becameMaster in the Painters Guild at Ghent in 1453.In 1460-61 he was engaged on an altar-piece forthe church of Everghem-lez-Gand, jointly withLieven Van Den Bossche. VAN DER NEER, Aert or Arnold, born1604, at Gorinchem, removed to Amsterdam before1638, married Elizabeth Govers. He kept a wine-shop, but this does not appear to have metwith better success than his paintings, which wereso little appreciated that he became bankrupt in1662, but satisfied his creditors a few years later;he died poor, November 9, 1677. Scarcely any-thing is known of his life. He excelled in moon-light views, generally of towns, and groups ofcottages or fishermens huts on the banks of a river ww w G H W<
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■8 5: I Q<; O W wa u w 15 H u■J) Q Sz< <; <i. 1 PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. or canal, with boats and figures. He is said tohave painted some two hundred of these withouta single case of repetition. He occasionally paintedsunsets and often winter pieces, with figuresamusing themselves on the ice, in which he isscarcely surpassed. His best pictures have atransparency of colour, a lightness of band, ageneral freshness and sincerity, and a mastery ofcomposition, which gave them a very high rank inthe Dutch School. He signed his pictures with adouble monogram, an A interlaced with a V, and a D with an N 36CB1- Works; Amsterdam. Museum. Landscape, Evening Scene. 1639 (signed).„ „ Winter Landscape. „ ,, Winter River. „ Dr. A. Bredius. Frozen River with Skaters.Brunswick. Museum. Moonlight Winter Landscape. 1645 (signed).Brussels. Luke of Area- J Moonlit Landscape. „ M. Cavens. Sea-port with shipping, calm, c. 1640. Frankfort. Staedel In- \ Mansion between high trees ; s

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