Word: adriaen
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...Rembrandt at all. Rosenberg and other experts have speculated that the old warrior might have been Rembrandt's older brother Adriaen, a poor shoemaker in Leyden. But if the painting isn't by Rembrandt, then we have no idea who the warrior was, just an old man, tough and brave and sad. The experts are trying to learn more by subjecting the painting to a series of technical tests. These include activating some of its neutrons so that they can be compared with the neutrons in authenticated Rembrandts. The experts are always right, as we know...
...birthday present for his father in 1929. There are also two beautiful Madonnas: one by Giovanni Bellini shows a poignantly pensive Mary in a rich, blue robe, supporting a standing Infant Christ; the other, called The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, is by the Flemish artist Adriaen Isenbrant, who has painted a weary Madonna with delicately shadowed eyes...
...price of 5,500,000 francs ($16,500) was brought by 17th Century Adriaen Brouwer's Peasants' Meal, a scene as vulgar and unbelted as an after-supper belch. Anthony Van Dyck's forceful portrait of Engraver Paul Pontius went for $11,700; Jacob Ruysdael's cold but kindly Winter Scene for $9,600; Jan Steen's low-comedy Effects of Intemperance...
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