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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4373158, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome [USER=20783]@NoahLArt[/USER] . I added one of your photos to my post.</p><p>Your painting reminds me of Jacob Duck paintings too, but even though yours is nice and skilfully painted, it doesn&#039;t have the high quality of Jacob Duck paintings. </p><p>I think it is more likely a 19th century genre painting, inspired by 17th century paintings like those by Jacob Duck.</p><p><br /></p><p>With those pieces of armour I imagine the two gentlemen could be discussing ways to defend their town against the Spanish during the Dutch war of independence. The 19th century was the age of nationalism throughout the Western world, when national identity was discovered and emphasised through historic scenes and grand statues.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Yes people, Jacob Duck was a real person, a 17th century Dutch painter.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/screenshot_20211222-013345-2-min-png.365854/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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