"You, who of the [[w:Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch [painting] School]] keeps confirming its old fame.. .Your tree shadows, your distance, your inimitable airs, - It all remind us of Ruysdael's spirit and Berchem's art (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek)."

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version in original Dutch (citaat over Johannes Warnardus Bilders, in Nederlands): Gij die van Hollands School den ouden roem blijft staven.. .Uw boomslag, uw verschiet, uw onnavolgbre luchten, - 't Brengt alles geest en kunst te binnen. — Quote from a short poem by Dr. Wap, 1852; as cited in 'Johannes Warnardus Bilders', A.C. Loffelt: pp. 67-100, in Het Schildersboek – Nederlandse Schilders der negentiende Eeuw – monografieën door tijdgenoten, ed. Max Rooses; de Nederlandsche Boekhandel, Antwer