Nexius_Lobster@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoHelen Miller by Rembrandt Peale*lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
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minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoDude you don’t refer to Rembrandt Peale as just Rembrandt, because Rembrandt Van Rijn already was considered an old master before Peale was born.
minus-squareephemerality@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI definitely thought “hmm, this one feels very out of character for Rembrandt” but would never have thought there were any other painters with that name—thank you for pointing this out!
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere’s a fun fact, Caravaggio is not his name, it’s the town he’s from. We call him that because his full name is Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Dude you don’t refer to Rembrandt Peale as just Rembrandt, because Rembrandt Van Rijn already was considered an old master before Peale was born.
I definitely thought “hmm, this one feels very out of character for Rembrandt” but would never have thought there were any other painters with that name—thank you for pointing this out!
Here’s a fun fact, Caravaggio is not his name, it’s the town he’s from. We call him that because his full name is Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.