Rembrandtesque
English
Adjective
Rembrandtesque (comparative more Rembrandtesque, superlative most Rembrandtesque)
- Resembling the effects and/or techniques of the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1609-69), especially in chiaroscuro.
- 1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Book 2, Chapter 1,
- He turned upon the cool shadows within, and amidst spots and blurs of colour regarded the giant child amidst that Rembrandtesque gloom […]
- 1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Book 2, Chapter 1,
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