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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 155 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JANSSENS (or JANSENS) See also:VAN NUYSSEN, See also:ABRAHAM (1567–1632)  , Flemish painter, was See also:born at See also:Antwerp in 1567 . He studied under See also:Jan Snellinck, was a " See also:master " in 1602, and in 1607 was See also:dean of the master-painters . Till the See also:appearance of See also:Rubens he was considered perhaps the best See also:historical painter of his See also:time . The styles of the two artists are not unlike . In correctness of See also:drawing See also:Janssens excelled his See also:great contemporary;in bold See also:composition and in treatment of the nude he equalled him; but in See also:faculty of See also:colour and in See also:general freedom of disposition and See also:touch he See also:fell far See also:short . A master of See also:chiaroscuro, he gratified his See also:taste for strong contrasts of See also:light and shade in his torchlights and similar effects . See also:Good examples of this master are to be seen in the Antwerp museum and the See also:Vienna See also:gallery . The stories of his See also:jealousy of Rubens and of his dissolute See also:life are quite, unfounded . He died at Antwerp in 1632 .

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