milan2003_07
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- Russian
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Hello,
Probably you've heard about a very famous family of Dutch artists who lived in Holland in the medieval times and created SMALL paintings, which were intended for private houses where there wasn't enough room for big works. In the Hermitage museum in my city there are a great many works by these masters and some of them were Rembrandt's contemporaries.
I'm not sure whether or not there is a specific word in English used to describe these painters. In Russian we have one. In my opinion it would be incorrect to call them "SMALL Dutch masters" because that would mean their height was not big enough. Once one of the tourists (I'm a tour guide) suggested "MINOR Dutch masters", but so far I've heard some other native speakers say that "minor" in this meaning means exactly the same as "small". One more suggestion which I find closest to what I'm looking for is "MINIATURE Dutch masters". It would also be interesting for me to read your opinion about "Diminuitive Dutch masters".
What would you suggest I choose to convey the meaning of the size of their paintings rather than those artists' height?
Thanks
Probably you've heard about a very famous family of Dutch artists who lived in Holland in the medieval times and created SMALL paintings, which were intended for private houses where there wasn't enough room for big works. In the Hermitage museum in my city there are a great many works by these masters and some of them were Rembrandt's contemporaries.
I'm not sure whether or not there is a specific word in English used to describe these painters. In Russian we have one. In my opinion it would be incorrect to call them "SMALL Dutch masters" because that would mean their height was not big enough. Once one of the tourists (I'm a tour guide) suggested "MINOR Dutch masters", but so far I've heard some other native speakers say that "minor" in this meaning means exactly the same as "small". One more suggestion which I find closest to what I'm looking for is "MINIATURE Dutch masters". It would also be interesting for me to read your opinion about "Diminuitive Dutch masters".
What would you suggest I choose to convey the meaning of the size of their paintings rather than those artists' height?
Thanks