Excerpt from A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters, Vol. 7: In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists, With a Copious Description of Their Principal Pictures<br><br>He had now learnt a secret which had, perhaps, been hitherto kept from his knowledge, and felt, for the first time, that fortune and fame were within his reach, and depended only on his own exertions to achieve them. The neighbourhood of the Rhine was no longer a proper locality for the successful pursuit of his profession, and he therefore quitted his natal abode about the year 1628, and established himself at Amsterdam.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.