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MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz.

MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz. Triumph of Bacchus ga oil painting on canvas
Triumph of Bacchus ga
Painting ID::  8232
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MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz. Triumph of Bacchus ga oil painting on canvas



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  MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz.
  Dutch painter (b. 1590/91, Durgerdam, d. 1655, Durgerdam) Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman. He was the son of an aristocratic Catholic Amsterdam merchant and moved to the city with his family in 1605. He was the most prolific of the history painters now called the PRE-REMBRANDTISTS, whose representations of biblical and mythological narratives, as well as of more recent secular history, give particular emphasis to dramatic and psychological effects. After working initially as a draughtsman and etcher, Moeyaert soon made his name as a painter. Landscapes with animals feature prominently in both his etchings and his paintings. At first he followed the lead of Adam Elsheimer, then of fellow Pre-Rembrandtists Pieter Lastman and Jan and Jacob Pynas, eventually, in the mid-1630s,
  Triumph of Bacchus ga
  1624 Oil on canvas Mauritshuis, The Hague

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