. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. picture dated 1633, and known as St. Peters Boat, which wasfamous even in the days of Houbraken, who praises its truth ofexpression and careful finish. At the time he wrote it belonged to awell-known contemporary amateur, the Burgomaster Jan is now in England, in the possession of Lord Francis Pelham-Clinton. The episode of Christ sleeping in the storm was one likelyto appeal strongly to the painters imagination, and his rendering isboth picturesque and pathetic. The murky sky is partially lighted bya sinister glow, and the waves das
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. picture dated 1633, and known as St. Peters Boat, which wasfamous even in the days of Houbraken, who praises its truth ofexpression and careful finish. At the time he wrote it belonged to awell-known contemporary amateur, the Burgomaster Jan is now in England, in the possession of Lord Francis Pelham-Clinton. The episode of Christ sleeping in the storm was one likelyto appeal strongly to the painters imagination, and his rendering isboth picturesque and pathetic. The murky sky is partially lighted bya sinister glow, and the waves dash violently against the frail ship,which seems about to sink under the foaming waters. The disciplesstrain desperately at the ropes and sails, while others turn to rouse theMaster, whose peaceful sleep is in strange contrast with their aside a vulgar detail very characteristic of Dutch taste at theperiod—a passenger leaning his head over the bulwarks, whose dis-comfort is somewhat too realistically suggested—the scene is im-. S///(!v for the Philosopher^ in the Louvre {i(\^3)- Red Clinlk. (rr-RliN I i PHILOSOPHERS ABSORBED IN MEDITATION 117 pressively and eloquently rendered by one who, from his native shores,had often watched the fierce onslaught of waters let loose bythe tempest. The undated David playino- the Harp before Saul in the StadelInstitute at Frankfort is probably a work of 1633, though it may beearlier by a year or two. The king stands in the centre grasping aspear, and listening, with a wild expression on his face, to the harmoniesof the young musician, who is placed a little on one side. The vulgarfeatures of the king, the faulty drawing of his hand, and a certainheaviness in the execu-tion have raised doubtsas to the authenticity ofthis work, which theCatalogue ascribes to But the qualityof the light, the expres-sion on Sauls face, thefine harmony of his redmantle and the cool graysthat prevail throughoutthe picture, and finallythe
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