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
Under the shaded lamplight their faces, dominated by that cold masterly figure at the head of the table, were almost Rembrandtesque.
From A Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The play of light and shadow in the apartment is noticeably Rembrandtesque in character.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
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