BRAY, Jacob de. A Dutch painter, born at Haerlem about the year 1625. He was the son of Solomon de Bray, an obscure portrait painter, by whom he was instructed. Van
Mander mentions him as a reputable painter of history, and extols a picture by him at Amsterdam, representing David playing on his Harp, with a number of Priests and
Levites. He excelled in drawing on paper, with black and red chalk, and his works of
that description were much esteemed by the collectors. There is a small wooden cut of
the portrait of his father, Solomon de Bray, by this artist; it is very spiritedly executed,
and is dated in 1664. He died in 1680, aged 55.
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