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Rembrandtesque, a.|rɛmbrɑːnˈtɛsk, -æ-|
[f. the name of Rembrandt (see prec.) + -esque.]
Resembling the manner or style of Rembrandt.
1863‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. xi. 242 Look at that little Venus Anadyomene, Arthur, with the fire-light shining on her; quite Rembrandtesque, isn't it? 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 324/1 Life-size figures full of animation in the faces, ‘radiant with Rembrandtesque colour.’ 1888W. D. Lighthall Yng. Seigneur 121 The windmill was one of those rembrandtesque relics [etc.]. 1934Burlington Mag. May 213/2 The artistic Rembrandtesque pen-and-ink sketches then in vogue. 1952M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iii. 55 One of the old naphtha flares..making Rembrandtesque clouds above them. 1976Listener 12 Aug. 174/1 There is not a single illustration from the Book of Job, although one might have expected it to be full of Rembrandtesque motives. |