Venus Gathering Apples Rembrandt van Rijn but the attribution to Hobbema

but the attribution to Hobbema was rejected by Richter in 1880 in favour of Dubois

Vlieghe (letter on file

Wouwermans evolved a personal style

reflects certainly the impact of Van Laer's famous figure style and subject matter on the younger artist

and depicts the moment when one of the Philistines tries to cut Samson's hair - the source of his strength - without waking him

Venus Gathering Apples Rembrandt van Rijn but the attribution to HobbemaThis little painting was formerly attributed to Domenichino (1581 1641). Its recent cleaning has confirmed its quality, and it may have originated in the master's studio. A painting in Helsinki's Sinebrychoff Museum, of Apollo and Daphne, repeats the nude figure. Both paintings, not necessarily by the same artist, presumably have their roots in a single drawing, probably of the famous classical statue of Venus Callipygeia ('Venus of the beautiful