1. Leonaert Bramer, Leendert or Leonard, was a Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings.
10 Facts About Leonaert Bramer
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Leonaert Bramer lived with Wouter Crabeth and got into a fight with Claude Lorraine.
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Leonaert Bramer was a many sided artist, designing for tapestry firms in Delft, painting murals and ceilings, some of which are illusionistic in style.
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Leonaert Bramer painted real frescos in the Civic Guard house, the nearby stadholder's palaces in Honselersdijk, Rijswijk, the Communal Land Housde and the Prinsenhof in Delft.
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Leonaert Bramer evidently knew the greatest of his Delft contemporaries, Johannes Vermeer, as he came to the latter's defence when his future mother-in-law was trying to prevent him from marrying her daughter.
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Leonaert Bramer showed in his choice of subjects a preference for Italian rather than Dutch artistic practice.
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Leonaert Bramer's subjects are usually mythological, allegorical, historical or biblical scenes.
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Leonaert Bramer stayed away from typical Dutch themes such as landscapes, still lifes, portraits and genre pieces and he rarely painted Italianate pastoral scenes popular with the Utrecht Caravaggisti.
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Leonaert Bramer's style is nervous, but his technique, painting the reflection of light, is very good.
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Leonaert Bramer was influenced by Adam Elsheimer and the fresco painter Agostino Tassi.