Note 55:[ (return) ] It may be that Ruysdael's straggling life was reflected in his lowering skies and stormy seas.
Note 56:[ (return) ] Other eminent painters, such as Van de Velde, Wouvermans, and Berchem often supplied cattle and figures to Hobbema's landscapes.
Note 57:[ (return) ] Was the apparently greater success of these partly denaturalised Dutch landscape painters, as contrasted with the adversity of Ruysdael and Ttobbema, due to the classic mania?
Note 58:[ (return) ] Peter Gysels was another painter of 'still life.' His butterflies are said to have been rendered with 'exquisite finish.'
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