. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. BEGGARS AT THE DOOR OF A HOUSE. 1643 (B. 176). ^ In. S/- ^ •£~ -5. S. OTHER ETCHINGS OF THIS PERIOD 269 an effect of incoherence, or even of an almost childish masters hand would seem to have followed the workings of hisimagination with a feverish eagerness that impelled him to leavehis work unfinished, and trust to the sympathy of the spectator forits due completion. Anxious, however, to carry his interpretationof the text as far as possible, Rembrandt deepened the shadowsvery considerably in the after states of this plate, final
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. BEGGARS AT THE DOOR OF A HOUSE. 1643 (B. 176). ^ In. S/- ^ •£~ -5. S. OTHER ETCHINGS OF THIS PERIOD 269 an effect of incoherence, or even of an almost childish masters hand would seem to have followed the workings of hisimagination with a feverish eagerness that impelled him to leavehis work unfinished, and trust to the sympathy of the spectator forits due completion. Anxious, however, to carry his interpretationof the text as far as possible, Rembrandt deepened the shadowsvery considerably in the after states of this plate, finally drowningall the details in complete darkness. The Christ preaching (B. 67), a plate worthy to rank beside theHundred Guilder Piece, though somewhat smaller in dimensions, briuo-s
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