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Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871–1950) was a French painter, draftsman and illustrator. Painter of flowers, still-lifes, scenes of alcoves and landscapes, Guirand de Scévola also had a brilliant career as a portraitist. #art
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860–1931) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker.
Anastas Bocarić (1864 – 1944) was a Montenegrin painter.
He was born in Budva, Montenegro. #art
Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939) was a German painter. Now known primarily for his marine paintings and postcard designs, he was initially famous for his panoramic paintings of battles.
Anatomy by Jan l’Admiral.
Jan l'Admiral (1699–1773) was an 18th-century engraver from the northern Netherlands.
Arvid Mauritz Lindström (1849–1923) was a Swedish painter. Lindström is best known today for his atmospheric landscapes. #art
The sea hath its pearls – William Henry Margetson, 1897.
(Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). #art
Pieter Codde had to step in to finish the seven figures on the right. Known for his small-scale, very smoothly and finely executed works, Codde nevertheless imitated Hals’s loose style as best he could.
A commission for a civic guard portrait was rarely granted to a painter from outside the city. Quite exceptionally, Frans Hals – from Haarlem – was asked to paint this group portrait. However, he soon found himself at odds with the guardsmen, and the Amsterdam painter...