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See also:AERTSZEN (or AARTSEN), PIETER (1507-1573) , called "See also:Long See also:Peter " on See also:account of his height, Dutch See also:historical painter, was See also:born and died at See also:Amsterdam . When a youth he distinguished himself by See also:painting homely scenes, in which he reproduced articles of See also:furniture, cooking utensils, &c., with marvellous fidelity, but he afterwards cultivated historical painting . Several of his best See also:works—See also:altar-pieces in various churches—were destroyed in the religious See also:wars of the Nether-lands . An excellent specimen of his See also:style on a small See also:scale, a picture of the crucifixion, may be seen in the See also:Antwerp Museum . See also:Aertszen was a member of the See also:Academy of St See also:Luke, in whose•See also:AESCHINES 271 books he is entered as Langhe Peter, schilder . Three of his sons attained to some See also:note as painters . |
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