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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Ferdinand Bol (1618-1680) was born at Dordrecht where he studied with Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp or Abraham Bloemaert. By 1635 he identified himself as a painter; at this date he moved to Amsterdam where he entered Rembrandt's studio staying with the master until 1642 when he set up an independent studio. His earliest paintings are close in style to those of Rembrandt but by the mid 1650s following the vagaries of taste he abandoned his master's style in favour of the more elegant manner of van der Helst, during this period he received numerous commissions for portraits and rose to become one of the leaders of the Amsterdam painters' Guild of St Luke. Following his second marriage in 1669 to a wealthy widow, and having reached a significant level of wealth he appears to have abandoned painting altogether, instead holding various important civic positions. The Falconer was collected by the Earls of Suffolk as an important old master painting appropriate for display in their country house. This painting is related to a picture of the same subject in the collection of the Duke of Westminster signed 'Rembrandt f. 1643' but now attributed to Bol. The Suffolk painting is distinguished by the strong lighting and refined textures of the falconer's robes and the inclusion of the hound's hindquarters on the right, and the head of a hound on the left, which serve as a strikingly dynamic narrative device animating the scene. The depiction of the hound's sensitive face is a tour-de-force of representation. Also related to this painting are the Diana Hunting of 1647 and Bol's self portrait of this period. | Subjects: | figure; animal (dog) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bol, Ferdinand (Dutch history and portrait painter, 1616-1680) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8726... | Go to resource |
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