Rembrandtesque
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Don Miguel de Castro, a black envoy from the African kingdom of Kongo to the Dutch court, looks forbearingly out at us from under his absurd Rembrandtesque hat.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
His people are no longer elements of landscape, but Rembrandtesque, life-sized faces of those he knows well.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second, Photographer Steichen's favorite, showed the subject looming characteristically massive out of Rembrandtesque shadow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old shabby room, with its points of bright light, and its shadowy sides and corners, made a Rembrandtesque setting for the moving throng of figures.
From The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend by Joseph Hodges Choate
His portraiture is full of character and masterly in handling, and often, as in the “Old Woman” of the Budapest gallery, is distinguished by a rich golden glow of colour and Rembrandtesque chiaroscuro.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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