. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. HH^ k ^ ?A > -\ |:^//iii^iii^-W\vw PORTRAIT OF 1632 (B. 11). HENDRICKJE STOFFELS 301 %. cJ- reproduced their ugliness with the most elaborate fidelity, modifyingnone of the disfigurements arising from age, maternity, or socialcondition. Absolutely uncompromising in this respect, his one ideawas the truthful delineation of the model. Some of these womenare horrible to behold, as, for instance, the model for a studyin the Heseltine collection, a masterly and over-faithful renderingof a degraded wretch, whose brazen leer and bestial l
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. HH^ k ^ ?A > -\ |:^//iii^iii^-W\vw PORTRAIT OF 1632 (B. 11). HENDRICKJE STOFFELS 301 %. cJ- reproduced their ugliness with the most elaborate fidelity, modifyingnone of the disfigurements arising from age, maternity, or socialcondition. Absolutely uncompromising in this respect, his one ideawas the truthful delineation of the model. Some of these womenare horrible to behold, as, for instance, the model for a studyin the Heseltine collection, a masterly and over-faithful renderingof a degraded wretch, whose brazen leer and bestial laugh are re-produced with the same terrible exactitude that insists on every foldand wrinkle of the misshapen body. Hendrickjes presence under hisroof gave him a modelmore worthy of hisbrush, of which, faithfulto his life-long habit, heeagerly availed himself. In several works ofthis period we recognisea feminine model whoseapparent age agreeswith Hendrickjes. Thefirst and best exampleof these is the beautifulportrait in \}i\& Salon Carr^of the Louvre, probablypainted about fine work is wellknown to all students ofRembrandt, and i
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