A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . ches the forms of the soldiers. Canvas, 3 7| by 3 3. Mesman. HERREYNS. GuiLLAUME JACQUES HERREYNS. FlemishSchool, 1743 —1827. Painter of historical and sacred subjects, and genre; born at Antwerp in 1743, and studiedin the Academy there. In 1767 removed to Mechlin and there founded an Academy, andacquired a reputation both as teacher and painter, and was appointed Court painter byGustavus II. of Sweden. In 1794 he received a professorship in France, but returned in1800
A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . ches the forms of the soldiers. Canvas, 3 7| by 3 3. Mesman. HERREYNS. GuiLLAUME JACQUES HERREYNS. FlemishSchool, 1743 —1827. Painter of historical and sacred subjects, and genre; born at Antwerp in 1743, and studiedin the Academy there. In 1767 removed to Mechlin and there founded an Academy, andacquired a reputation both as teacher and painter, and was appointed Court painter byGustavus II. of Sweden. In 1794 he received a professorship in France, but returned in1800 to Antwerp, where he died in 1827. He was one of the last to give up the nationaltraditions of Flemish painting for the prevailing classicism of the time, and drew much ofhis inspiration from Rubens. I. 530. The Adoration of the Magi. Under a thatched shed tor. the Virgin with the infant Christ on her knee, Joseph standingbehind; to 1. of them the Magi, one, in long robes, with attendantsholding up his mantle, kneeling, the others farther off, standing; to and armed followers. Copper, oval, 3£ by 4^.
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