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Jun 25 2011
Marketplace in an Italian Town
Dutch / German / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Marketplace in an Italian Town with itinerant toothpuller” by Johannes Lingelbach, 1651. The artist was twenty-nine years old when he created this masterpiece. He was a Dutch painter born in Frankfurt, Germany and moved with his father to Amsterdam when he was twelve. In his mid twenties he traveled in Italy where this masterpiece was created. He returned to Amsterdam in 1653 and married. His work showed considerable influence from Caravaggio and its popularity led to a deep influence of chiaroscuro on later Dutch artists. He died in Amsterdam in 1674. This masterpiece is 86 cm wide and 68.5 cm high and is in the Rijksuseum, Amsterdam.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
Feb 14 2011
The Stone Bridge by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1638
Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Stone Bridge” by Rembardnt van Rijn. This is the only typically Dutch landscape executed by Rembrandt and it highlights dramatic contrasts between the sun shining on trees and a cottage in the center of the work with darkening areas in both the left foreground and the right town in the distance. This is an early work of Rembrandt having been created when he was about thirty-two years old. This masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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