Old Masters Index

Cataloguing terms of Old masters’ paintings

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Gerrit is represented by an atmospheric painting of the Kleine Houtpoort

We know very little about the type of people who originally purchased the brothers’ work. For the most part, their paintings were probably produced for the open market. Judging from Gerrit’s

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