. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . s is very great indeed; none of his 83 PRINTS followers, gifted though they be, approachhim in excellence and universality. To theNorthern mind there is a great fascinationin presentments of the life of the commonpeople. Brouwer, Brueghel, Teniers areamong those partial to this theme, and eachof them has done some experimental workwith the etching - needle. In Germany wefind plates relating to peasant life amongthe prints of Dlirer, Holbein, and the littlemasters. Reml^randt has devoted a goodmany plates to character sketches of beg-gar
. Prints; a brief review of their technique and history . s is very great indeed; none of his 83 PRINTS followers, gifted though they be, approachhim in excellence and universality. To theNorthern mind there is a great fascinationin presentments of the life of the commonpeople. Brouwer, Brueghel, Teniers areamong those partial to this theme, and eachof them has done some experimental workwith the etching - needle. In Germany wefind plates relating to peasant life amongthe prints of Dlirer, Holbein, and the littlemasters. Reml^randt has devoted a goodmany plates to character sketches of beg-gars and of peasants. Among the otherDutch etchers the greatest interpreter ofthe peasantry is without doubt Adriaenvan Ostade. He shows them to us at theirhomes, or at the tavern, smoking, drinking,dancing, merrymaking. The gay, sunny sideof their existence is revealed in his fiftv etch-ings, which display a thorough command ofthe medium employed. In the scene whichhas been chosen as an example of his powers,we discern the sympathetic interest in coun- 84. H 2
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