linck spent a year with Rembrandt and learned to imitate his style so closely that some of his pictures were mistaken for authentic Rembrants. Some of his earliest works show that Flinck was very clever at imitating the lively chiaroscuro of Rembrandts early Baroque phase. His portrait of Samuel Manasseh ben Israel, is one of his best approximations of Rembrandt. Flinck as a colorist tends to be variegated and than Rembrandt. Another great artist that was influenced by Rembrandt was Ferdinand Bol. Early portraits by Bol are very similar to the commissioned works Rembrandt made in the late thirties and early forties, in them he successfully incorporates the transparent chiaroscuro of Rembrandts middle period. Elizabeth Bas, once attributed to Rembrandt, is thought to have been done by Bol. (Rosenberg, Jakob., Seymour Slive., E. H. Ter Kuile. Dutch Art and Architecture 1600 to 1800.)One of the artists that was most strongly influenced by Rembrandt was Salomon Koninck. Koninck adopted Rembrandts strong chiaroscuro, baroque compositions, types, and trappings in his paintings of picturesque philosophers and rabbis and in his biblical compositions. Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout was also influenced by Rembrandts style during the middle period, especially his religious pictures and portraits. One of his finest works, Peter Healing the Lame, achieves a truly Rembrandtesque effect with his chiaroscuro and color. (Rosenberg, Jakob., Seymour Slive., E. H. Ter Kuile. Dutch Art and Architecture 1600 to 1800.)Nicolaes Maes was another artist that was also heavily influenced by Rembrandt. He was able to capture aspects of Rembrandts tenderness and intimacy. Maes Young Girl leaning on a Window is clearly derived from pictures such as Rembrandts Young Girl at a half-open Door. Maes adopts Rembrandts warm harmonies of red and yellow, black and white within a golden chiaroscuro. The sobriety and dark tonality of Frans Hals late portraits, th...
