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1 lingua: inglese Legat. edit. in tela con sovr. illustr., cm 31x23, pag. 295 di testo, 212 tavole e illustr. di cui 32 a colori, 61 ill. comparative - A cura di Jo Saxton - Nicolaus Knupfer (1603, 1609; 1655) was one of the most inventive artists active in the Northern Netherlands during the seventeenth century. He was the author of erudite histories which are enlivened with the humanity of genre and distinguished by their unique candour. Knupfer's most enduring innovation was the first painting of A Doctor's Visit, a development hitherto credited to Gerrit Dou or Frans van Mieris; yet this is only one of the new themes: some were derived directly from classical sources which make his oeuvre exceptional. This study defines the origins and the nature of Knupfer's originality by clarifying his biography and reconstructing his oeuvre - Perfetto stato.