.. the great Dutch school seemed to think of nothing but painting well [characterised by] the total absence of what today we call 'a subject. (Eugène Fromentin)

.. the great Dutch school seemed to think of nothing but painting well [characterised by] the total absence of what today we call 'a subject.

Eugène Fromentin

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