Sunday, February 19, 2012

Jacob Adriaensz Backer - Granida and Daifilo [c.1635]


Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Harlingen, Netherlands, 1609 - Amsterdam, August 27, 1651) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He produced about 140 paintings in twenty years. In his style he was influenced by Wybrand de Geest, Rubens, and Abraham Bloemaert. Also his drawings (male and female nudes) are highly interesting and skillful. He never painted a townscape or landscape.

[Oil on canvas, 125 x 161.5 cm]

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