Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894, Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. Dutch etchers of the seventeenth century · London, Seeley and Co. · leaf 175
SEVENTEENTH CENTURT 49 Ruisdaers great fame rests, perhaps, as much on his historical im- portance as on his actual merit. With Hobbema he prepared the way for Crome and Constable, and through them for Rousseau and the landscape of modern France. But, taken on his own merits, he is a considerable… … F/g. 17. — T/:e Cornfield. By J. Ruisdael. B. 5. more various, more subtle, altogether finer than Hobbema, except when Hobbema is at his very best, as in the severely charming Avenue of Nliddleharnis . Hobbema often fads to convince, because he has not sufficiently felt his subject ; and so he will…
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 · Etching, Dutch
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