JACOB ADRIAENSZ BACKER (1608/09-1651): REMBRANDT'S OPPOSITE

VAN DEN BRINK, PETER

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ISBN:978-90-400-8558-1
EAN:9789040085581
Editorial: WAANDERS UITGEVERS
Fecha de la edición:2009
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:272
Idiomas:INGLES

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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE MODERNO: SIGLOS XIV-XVIII

Jacob Backer Amsterdam was a celebrated portrait painter, who enjoyed great fame among his contemporaries for his virtuoso technique. As a history painter Backer played a leading role: he was the great pioneer of the Amsterdam classicism. With its spectacular history paintings with themes from mythology and the pastoral poetry was far ahead of his time. Backer excelled as a colorist, painter of nudes and seductive performances in large format. In this richly illustrated edition, the latest scientific findings published. A biography written by Jaap van der Veen is followed by an overview of Backers development as a painter by Peter van den Brink and an essay about a cartoonist for Michiel Kersten Backer. Also included is a catalog of work Backers paintings, compiled by Peter van den Brink. This monograph will thus continue after the exhibition a standard.