09 January 2006
05 January 2006
Rembrandt
In life Rembrandt suffered far more misfortune than falls to the lot of an ordinary man, and he bore it with the utmost nobility. Three centuries after his death the misfortune, if a man long deceased can be said to endure such a thing, continues. To be sure, it is no longer the fashion for critics to attack him both as artist and human being. Today the injury is done with a fond smile by writers of romantic biographies and films who mean to honor him
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Rembrandt: life, paintings, etchings, drawings and self portraits
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Rembrandt: life, paintings, etchings, drawings and self portraits