Gaspar Or Raspar Netscher, a Dutch painter of German origin, born in Heidelberg about 1639, died at the Hague, Jan. 15, 1684. He was the son of a sculptor, who had fled from persecution in Bohemia, was a pupil of Koster at Arnhem, and afterward of Gerard Terburg, lived some years in Bordeaux, where he married, and in 1661 settled at the Hague. He excelled in genre pictures and portraits. - His sons, Theodoee (1661-1732) and Constaxtine (1670-1722), were also eminent painters, especially of portraits. The former was born in Bordeaux, lived in England from 1715 to 1722, was popular at court, and became rich.

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