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A Dutch dynasty.(Report from Europe)(It Must Be in the Genes! Four Painters in a Single Family: Salomon, Jan, Joseph and Dirck de Bray)(Brief article)
Occasionally a single family produces a number of artists, as was the case with the de Brays of Haarlem in the seventeenth-century Netherlands. The father, Salomon (1597-1664), was a painter, architect, and graphic artist. One of his best-known paintings, Bathing Nymph Combing Her Hair, now in the Musee du Louvre in Paris, is notable because it is one of the earliest known paintings of female nudity that does not portray the subject as Venus or Bathsheba. Salomon's eldest son, Jan de Bray, renowned for his history paintings and portraits, succeeded Frans Hals as the preferred portraitist for Haarlem's upper classes. Both Salomon and Jan de Bray also undertook commissions for decorating palaces and municipal buildings.
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Two of Salomon's younger sons were also painters. Joseph (c. 1632-1664) ...
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- His own work. (Frans Hals)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) February 3, 1990 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: School Arts Anderson, Kent Baker, David April 1, 1993 700+ words
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- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
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- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words