Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools . CORNELIS JANSSENS i594-1664 Catalogue No. 48. 00 47 GASPARD DE CRAYER Flemish School1582-1669 Crayer spent his whole life in Flanders, painting principallyreligious subjects. When Rubens beheld one of his works exe-cuted for the abbey at Affleghem, he exclaimed: Crayer, no-body will ever surpass you. The artist is placed by all theFlemish writers on a par with Rubens and Van Dyck; but, thoughhe may not deserve this high praise, he sh
Catalogue of the Ehrich Galleries collection of valuable paintings : by the masters of the classic Italian, Dutch, Flemish, English, Spanish, and French schools . CORNELIS JANSSENS i594-1664 Catalogue No. 48. 00 47 GASPARD DE CRAYER Flemish School1582-1669 Crayer spent his whole life in Flanders, painting principallyreligious subjects. When Rubens beheld one of his works exe-cuted for the abbey at Affleghem, he exclaimed: Crayer, no-body will ever surpass you. The artist is placed by all theFlemish writers on a par with Rubens and Van Dyck; but, thoughhe may not deserve this high praise, he should undoubtedly beclassed among the ablest painters of the Flemish school. Hisworks are composed with admirable taste and intelligence, andwith great correctness and simplicity. They evince grandeur anddignity. His coloring is tender and delicate, and in the carna-tions it resembles the clear tints of Van Dyck. FATHER ANDREAS ROSA The monk whose strongly lined face with wide-open eyes andslightly parted lips looks from a dark gray background is de-scribed at the foot of the picture in Latin as the first scion ofthis monastery, formerly the under-Prior of Brussels and Hasse-let, Prior of Ypres, and Se
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