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Hereditary Genius
Robusti, Giacomo (called II Tintoretto). This distinguished Venetian painter
showed an artistic bent from infancy, and far outstripped his fellow-students.
He was a man of impetuous genius and prompt execution.
s. Marietta Robusti (Tintoretto); acquired considerable reputation as a portrait
painter, and her celebrity was not confined to her native country.
S. Domenico Robusti (Tintoretto); followed the traces of his father, but with
unequal strength. He was also a good portrait painter, and painted many of the
historical personages of his time.
Ruysdael, Jacob (born about 1636); Dutch landscape painter. He showed
extraordinary artistic ability aet. 14, but did not at first follow painting as a
profession. He began life as a surgeon.
[B.] Solomon Ruysdael, the elder brother, twenty years older than Jacob, was a
landscape painter of feeble powers.
Sanzio, Raffaelle, di Urbino. This illustrious artist has, by the general approbation
of mankind, been considered as the prince of painters.
[F.] Giovanni Sanzio, a painter whose powers were moderate, but certainly above
the average.
Teniers, David (the Younger), (1610—1694, aet. 84). This celebrated Dutch painter
followed the same style and adopted the same subjects as his father, such as
village festivals and the like, but his compositions are by far the more varied
and ingenious, and the superior in every way.
F. David Teniers (the Elder), (1582—1649, aet. 67). His pictures were very
original in style, and universally admired. They would have been considered
among the happiest efforts in that class of drawings if they had not been
greatly surpassed by the inimitable productions of his son.
B. Abraham Teniers. He painted in the same style as his brother and father, but
though a fair artist he was much inferior to both of them.
Titian. See VECELLI.
Vandyck, Sir Anthony (1599—1641); admirable portrait painter, second only to
Titian.
[F.] A painter on glass; a man of some property.
[f.] His mother was skilful in embroidery, which she wrought
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