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255 GUIDO JANSEN The Fleeting Glory of Matthijs van Bree (1773-1839) Matthijs van Bree has been categorized fairly recently as a follower of David, who can- not be counted as a representative of the Flemish School (Note 1), his work is seldom exhibited and it is not regarded as having any artistic value (Note 2). Yet in his own day he was regarded as one of the most important history painters in the Low Countries, who, by adopting Rubens' colour, had restored Flemish painting to its former glory. After studying at the academy in his birthplace, Antwerp, Van Bree went to Paris in 1796, where he worked in the studio of François-André Vincent (Note 29). In 1797 he won the second prize in the Prix dc Rome competition with his Death of Cato. This brought him to tlve notice of Josephine, whose court painter he became, and later of Napoleon. Among his numerous officially commissioned works were The Disembar- kation of het First Consul at Antwerp in 1803 (Fig. 1) and The Handing Over of the Keys of Amsterdam to Napoleon (1811, Fig. 2, Note 3). In 1804 he settled for good in Antwerp, where he was generally
Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1981
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