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| Pieter Lastman The Angel and Tobias with the Fish ca. 1610-20 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Pieter Lastman The Deposition 1612 oil on panel Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Pieter Lastman The Resurrection 1612 oil on panel Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Pieter Lastman The Good Samaritan ca. 1612-15 oil on canvas private collection |
"The son of a goldsmith, Pieter Lastman became known as one of the most important artists of his day for his ability to paint small cabinet pictures. At the age of nineteen Lastman went to Italy, where he spent five years. After he returned to his native Amsterdam, his painting style exhibited striking changes. He began to use strong contrasts of light and shade that intensified the drama of the scene and to specialize in narrative subjects from the Bible, mythology, and Roman history. His reform of history painting in Amsterdam in the 1600s – presenting well-characterized figures at the dramatic climax of a story – and his role as Rembrandt's teacher ensured his fame during his lifetime. His paintings commanded high prices, and his name was mentioned as one of Amsterdam's most important painters in a 1618 hymn celebrating the arts of the city."
– curator's notes at the Getty Museum
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| Pieter Lastman St John on Patmos 1613 oil on panel Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Pieter Lastman Orestes and Pylades disputing at the Altar 1614 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter Lastman Hagar and the Angel 1614 oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Pieter Lastman Abraham's Journey to Canaan 1614 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Pieter Lastman Odysseus and Nausicaa 1619 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Pieter Lastman David giving Uriah the Letter to Joab 1619 oil on panel Leiden Collection |
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| Pieter Lastman Jonah and the Whale 1621 oil on panel Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
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| Pieter Lastman Hippocrates arriving to speak with Democritus 1622 oil on panel Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Pieter Lastman Lamentation over the Body of Abel 1624 oil on panel Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter Lastman Triumph of Sesostris 1631 oil on panel Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |