Aert de Gelder has spent his life…

Aert de Gelder has spent his life in Dordrecht, except for a period of time in about 1661 when he had been Rembrandt's pupil in Amsterdam.

The only Dutch artist of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century to paint in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style, his biblical paintings—e.g., Scenes from the Passion (circa 1715)—feature warm color and atmospheric light.

In his portraits—e.g., The Family of Herman Boerhave (circa 1722; Louvre, Paris)—his bold, broad manner of brushwork and surface texture contrasts markedly with the refined techniques and smoothly finished canvases of his contemporaries.