Tobit accuses Anna of stealing the goat, Rembrandt, 1645, panel, 20x27cm.
The cause of this confusion is possibly to be found in the Dutch Golden Age. After all, the often very lifelike looking 16th and 17th-century Dutch paintings are classified as Dutch Realism.
Lifelike "looking" indeed, because even then the techniques that painters employed were very diverse.
The young violinist, Gerard Dou, 1637, panel, 31,1x23,7cm.
Gerard Dou (1613-1675), for instance, worked throughout his career with very fine brushes and an incredible precision. The young Rembrandt (1606-1669) initially worked in the same manner, only to later create equally convincing images, using much coarser brushes and thick paint.