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Salomon de Bray
Jael, Deborah and Barak, 1635
A biblical heroine looks
at out the viewer with a penetrating gaze. This painting
shows Jael after the murder of her husband and not
as usually shown by other artists who depict the
most gruesome moment of the story.
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Salomon de Bray
Shepherd with a staff, 1635
Using predominantly brown
tints and dark backgrond, light hits the young shepherd
bringing to life his face, hands and neck showing
Salomon de Bray's ability to experiment with light
and tone.
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Jan de Bray
Banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, 1652
This is a family portrait
of the de Bray's playing the parts of Mark Antony
and Cleopatra. Jan de Bray shows real warmth between
Salomon (Mark Anthony) and his wife Anna Westerbaen
(Cleopatra) while being surrounded by numerous family
members.
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Jan de Bray
Caring for children at the Orphanage in Haarlem 1663
From left to right; Jan de
Bray tells the story of the orphans of Haarlem. From
the arrival of a boy taking off his torn and battered
old clothes, you can watch the progression of children
being redressed, fed and watered and finally housed.
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Jan de Bray
Portrait of Abraham Casteleijn and Margarieta van Bancken, 1663
The careful
balanced and execution of this lively composition
makes this double portrait one of Jan de Bray's
most stylish paintings.
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Dirk de Bray
Flower still life with poet's narcissi, crown anemonies and columbine, 1674
Flowers
and insects populate this painting, there is a
hoverfly buzzing happily above one of the narcissi
and a very small, delicate spider drops down
into the picture while butterflies enjoy the
spectacle of the blooms.
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Joseph de Bray
In praise of Pekelharingh 1656
Joseph de Bray demonstrates
his mastery of oil paint at an extremely high level
using various textures such as oily fish, creamy
butter and the hard surface of glass and porcelain
while including a poem by his uncle Jacob Westerbaen.
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Jan de Bray
The governors of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke, 1675
Jan de Bray painted
these figures from the Guild 'from life' and they
are life size. When he made this group
portrait he was a warden along with his brother
Dirck, the only two remaining brothers after the
plague.
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