Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . enteredLastmans atelier, the masterwas at the zenith of contemporaries laudedhim to the skies, proclaiminghim the Phoenix and the Apelles of the age. He was further heldto be one of the best judges living of Italian art, and as this nowbegan to find favour in Holland, he was often called upon toassess the value of pictures for sales or inventories. His housewas a popular one, and his young pupil was doubtless broughtinto contact with famous artists and other persons of intercourse must have been of great value to him, e
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . enteredLastmans atelier, the masterwas at the zenith of contemporaries laudedhim to the skies, proclaiminghim the Phoenix and the Apelles of the age. He was further heldto be one of the best judges living of Italian art, and as this nowbegan to find favour in Holland, he was often called upon toassess the value of pictures for sales or inventories. His housewas a popular one, and his young pupil was doubtless broughtinto contact with famous artists and other persons of intercourse must have been of great value to him, enlarginghis mind, and developing his powers of observation. How or where m - !Mttl3Bg^RS51fllpMm*Kwuffyfl Sk§k\ W ,c^ REMBRANDT S FATHER. 1630 (B. 304). LASTMAXS INFLUENCE ON REMBRANDT 21 Rembrandt was lodged at Amsterdam we know not. Before partingwith their son, his parents had no doubt provided a comfortable homefor him. It was a common practice in those days, and one whichstill obtains in Holland, for students to board and lodge in the. \NUT S MOTHER. About 1631 (B. 343). houses of citizens, where they were treated as members of the was usual even among the University students at Leyden,who did not belong to the town. In a census paper of t 581, quoted 22 REMBRANDT by Vosmaer, we find that Rembrandts grandparents had receivedas a boarder one Egma, native of Friesland. It is thereforepossible that Rembrandt may have been placed in the home offriends at Amsterdam ; but more probably he was an inmate of hismasters house, such being the usual arrangement under the circum-stances. The affectionate terms on which he always remained withLastman seem to favour this hypothesis. The conditions underwhich he would have been admitted to his masters home may begleaned from other sources. Such conditions were generally arrangedbetween the contracting parties, and were not often embodied in alegal document. A few such are, however, extant, one among thembeing the agreement, o
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