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Excerpt from Handbook of Painting, Vol. 2 of 2: German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools But it was the subjects of common life around him, and the widely-spread demand for such pictures as the com panions of their daily life which arose from all classes, which furnished the chief occupation of the painter, and that to such an extent that, considering the limited dimensions of the land itself and the comparatively short time in which these works were produced, we are equally astonished with their number as with their surpassing excellence. No phase of life to which art could be applied was omitted in the general imitation of the scenes around them. To many a painter the beauty and elegance of objects which great wealth had introduced - such as sumptuous wearing apparel, elegant articles of furniture, and other appliances which belong to the upper classes of society - were particularly attractive. Such pictures, like the scenes of a novel, give us insight into an easy and comfortable state of existence. Here we see a family concert going on; there the family physician is being interrogated as to the state of a patient; in another picture a petted little spaniel or a parrot is the chief object of attention; or we are admitted to a morning visit, or even to the elegancies of the toilet-table. With. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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