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Leonaert Bramer (24 December 1596 – 10 February 1674 (buried)) was a Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings. Very prolific as a painter and draftsman, he is noted especially for nocturnal scenes which show a penchant for exotic details of costume and setting.〔Liedtke et al. 2001, p. 70.〕 He also painted frescos—a rarity north of the Alps—which have not survived, as well as murals on canvas, few of which are extant.〔Vermeer et al. 1995, p. 17.〕 Bramer is one of the most intriguing personalities in seventeenth-century Dutch art.〔(Handbook:Judith in the Tent of Holofernes )〕 He was either the son of or identical to Hendrick Bramer. ==Life== Bramer was born in Delft. In 1614, at the age of 18, he left on a long trip eventually reaching Rome in 1616, via Atrecht, Amiens, Paris, Aix (February 1616), Marseille, Genoa, and Livorno. In Rome he was one of the founders of the Bentvueghels group of Northern artists, and was nicknamed "Nestelghat" (Fidget).〔Rijksmuseum 2007, p. 80.〕 He lived with Wouter Crabeth and got into a fight with Claude Lorraine. He dedicated a poem to Wybrand de Geest. Bramer lived in Rome intermittently until October 1627, visiting Mantua and Venice, often for deliveries and to meet Domenico Fetti. In Italy Bramer acquired the sobriquet Leonardo della Notte ("Leonardo of the night"). By 1628 he was back in Delft, where he joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1629 and the schutterij. Among his many patrons were members of the House of Orange, but local burgomasters and schepen also bought his paintings in great numbers.〔 He was a many sided artist, designing for tapestry firms in Delft, painting murals and ceilings, some of which are illusionistic in style. He painted real frescos in the Civic Guard house, the nearby stadholder's palaces in Honselersdijk, Rijswijk, the Communal Land Housde and the Prinsenhof in Delft.〔 Due to the Dutch climate they no longer survive. In 1648 Bramer traveled to Rome for a second time. He evidently knew the greatest of his Delft contemporaries, Johannes Vermeer, as he came to the latter's defence when his future mother-in-law was trying to prevent him from marrying her daughter. It is possible that Vermeer received his artistic training from Bramer, although there is no documentation for this,〔Vermeer et al. 1995, p. 15.〕 and Bramer's dark and exotic style is unlike Vermeer's. A lifelong bachelor, Bramer remained very productive until his death, which occurred in his home town of Delft in 1674. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonaert Bramer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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