Witte, Emanuel de (āmä`n
ĕl də vĭt`ə), 1617–92, Dutch painter. Witte's paintings of architecture, genre genre (zhän`rə), in art-history terminology, a type of painting dealing with unidealized scenes and subjects of everyday life.
..... Click the link for more information. scenes, seascapes, and portraits were influenced by the work of Elsheimer Elsheimer, Adam (ä`däm ĕls`hīmər), 1578–1610?, German painter.
..... Click the link for more information. . Witte excelled at moody, majestic paintings of church interiors (e.g., Interior of a Gothic Church; Rijks Mus.). He possessed a melancholy nature that ultimately drove him to suicide.
ĕl də vĭt`ə), 1617–92, Dutch painter. Witte's paintings of architecture, genre genre (zhän`rə), in art-history terminology, a type of painting dealing with unidealized scenes and subjects of everyday life...... Click the link for more information. scenes, seascapes, and portraits were influenced by the work of Elsheimer Elsheimer, Adam (ä`däm ĕls`hīmər), 1578–1610?, German painter.
..... Click the link for more information. . Witte excelled at moody, majestic paintings of church interiors (e.g., Interior of a Gothic Church; Rijks Mus.). He possessed a melancholy nature that ultimately drove him to suicide.
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