Willem Drost
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1630-1680
Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker, possibly of German origin. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Rembrandt, possibly in or shortly before 1650. An early etching signed w drost 1652 is probably a self-portrait, in which Drost portrayed himself as a young man drawing. His earliest dated paintings are two pendants of 1653: the Portrait of a Man (New York, Met.) and the Portrait of a Woman . Related Paintings of Willem Drost :. | The Vision of Daniel (mk33) | Self-Portrait | Batsheba met de brief van koning David | Ruth declares her Loyalty to Naomi (mk33) | Willem Drost, | Related Artists: Jozef SimmlerJozef Simmler (March 14, 1823 - March 1, 1868) was a Polish painter known for his classical style and his Polish subjects.
Perhaps his most famous work is Death of Barbara Radziwillowna. an oil on canvas work completed in 1860. It now hangs in the National Museum, Warsaw. His daughter's brother-in-law was Eduard Strasburger, the famous Polish-German botanist. One of Simmler's grandsons was Henryk Leon Strasburger, a Polish delegate to the League of Nations
Joseph MellingJoseph Melling (1724-1796)
Julius Jacob the Youngerpainted in ca. 1910
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