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BRAY, Jan de
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The_de_Bray_Family_(The_Banquet_of_Antony_and_Cleopatra)_dg
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1669
Oil_on_canvas,_230_x_180_cm
Currier_Gallery_of_Art,_New_Hampshire
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The de Bray Family (The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra) dg
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Oil on canvas, 230 x 180 cm
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire |
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Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1627-1697
Painter, draughtsman and etcher, son of Salomon de Bray. He spent virtually the whole of his career in Haarlem, except for the period 1686-8, when he lived in Amsterdam. After training with his father, Jan began working as a portrait painter in Haarlem in 1650, an activity he continued for the next 40 years. Between 1667 and 1684 he served on the committee for the Haarlem Guild of St Luke, whose leading members he portrayed in a picture dated 1675 (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.) that includes a self-portrait (Jan is seen standing and drawing on the left). He married three times, in 1668, 1670 and 1672. His first two wives died a year after their marriage, his third two years afterwards, and in each case the death was followed by disputes over the inheritance. Jan's bankruptcy of 1689 may have been a result of one of the lawsuits.
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