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Crayer (or Creeyer), Gaspar de

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a very eminent Flemish painter, was born at Brussels in l182, and studied for a short time under Raphael van Coxie of that city. One of his best pictures, for the refectory of the abbey of Affleghem, represents A Centurion Dismounting to Worship the Saviour. His principal painting is at Brussels, in the Church of Notre Dame, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene; others in different churches are, The, Assumption, The Descent of the Holy Ghost, and The Resurrection. He died at Ghent, Jan. 27, 1669. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Crayer (or Creeyer), Gaspar de'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/crayer-or-creeyer-gaspar-de.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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