CHRISTOPH LUDWIG AGRICOLA (1667-1719)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V01,
Page 386
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
CHRISTOPH LUDWIG AGRICOLA (1667-1719)
, German landscape painter, was born and died at Regensburg (Ratisbon)
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He spent a great part of his life in travel, visiting England, See also: - HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland and France, and residing for a considerable period at Naples
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His numerous landscapes, chiefly cabinet pictures, are remarkable for fidelity to nature, and especially for their skilful representation of varied phases of climate
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In composition his style shows the influence of Caspar Poussin, while in light and colour he imitates Claude Lorraine
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His pictures are to be found in Dresden, Brunswick, Vienna, Florence, Naples and' many other towns of both Germany and Italy
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