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JANSSENS (or JANSENS) VAN NUYSSEN, ABRAHAM (1567–1632)
JANSSENS (or JANSENS), VICTOR HONORIUS (1664–1739)

JANSSENS (or JANSENS)
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VAN NUYSSEN,
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ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")
ABRAHAM (1567–1632) , Flemish painter, was

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at

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Antwerp in 1567 . He studied under

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Jan Snellinck, was a "

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MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master " in 1602, and in 1607 was

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dean of the master-painters . Till the

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APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of

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RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577-164o)

Rubens he was considered perhaps the best

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HISTORICAL

historical painter of his

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time . The styles of the two artists are not unlike . In correctness of

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DRAWING

drawing

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Janssens excelled his

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GREAT

great contemporary;in bold

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composition and in treatment of the nude he equalled him; but in

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FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of

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COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and in

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general freedom of disposition and

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TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch he

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fell far

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SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short . A master of

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CHIAROSCURO (from the Ital. chiaro, Iight or brightness, and oscuro, darkness or shade)

chiaroscuro, he gratified his

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TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for strong contrasts of

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LIGHT

light and shade in his torchlights and similar effects .

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good examples of this master are to be seen in the Antwerp museum and the

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Vienna

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GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery . The stories of his

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JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Rubens and of his dissolute

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LIFE

life are quite, unfounded . He died at Antwerp in 1632 .

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