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NETSCHER, GASPAR (1639-1684)

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NETSCHER, GASPAR (1639-1684)

NETSCHER, GASPAR (1639-1684) , See also:

German portrait and genre painter, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg in 1639. His See also:

FATHER

father died when he was two years of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and his See also:

MOTHER

mother, fleeing from the dangers of a See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

war, carried him to Arnheim, where he was adopted by a physician named Tullekens. At first he was destined for the profession of his See also:

PATRON

patron, but owing to his See also:

GREAT

great aptitude for See also:

PAINTING

painting he was placed under an artist named de See also:

KOSTER (or COSTER), LAURENS (c. 1370–1440)

Koster, and, having also studied under Ter Borch, he set out for See also:

Italy to See also:

COMPLETE

complete his See also:

EDUCATION

education there. Marrying, however, at See also:

Liege, he settled at See also:

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, and toiled hard to See also:

EARN

earn a livelihood by painting those small See also:

CABINET

cabinet pictures which are now so highly valued on See also:

account of their exquisite finish. After removing to The See also:

HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, he turned his See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to portrait-painting, and in this See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of his See also:

ART

art was more successful. He was patronized by See also:

William III., and his' earnings soon enabled him to gratify his own See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste by depicting musical and conversational pieces. It was in these that Netscher's See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius was fully displayed. The choice of these subjects, and the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of introducing See also:

FEMALE

female figures, dressed in glossy satins, were imitated from Ter Borth; they possess easy yet delicate pencilling, brilliant and correct colouring, and pleasing See also:

LIGHT

light and shade; but frequently their refinement passes into weakness. The painter was gaining both fame and See also:

WEALTH

wealth when he died prematurely in 1684. His sons Constantyn (1668-1722), and See also:

THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus (1661-1732), were also painters after their father's See also:

style, but inferior in merit.

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