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(b Dordrecht, 2 Aug. 1627; d Dordrecht, 19 Oct. 1678). Dutch painter, printmaker, and writer on art. He painted genre scenes in the style of de Hooch and Metsu, and portraits, but he is best known as a specialist in perspective effects, notably in his peep-show boxes, which show a painted toy world viewed through a small opening.
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Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)