Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . -1 Ï ^*t*£ THE DUTCH MILITARY GUILDS 277 the Virgin with the Infant Jesus (B. 61), a small female head,bearing no relation to the subject, has been left by the masteramong the clouds of the background. The carelessness of these hasty sketches shows them to havebeen Rembrandts recreation in the intervals of more laboriousundertakings. The same hurried execution characterises theReconciliation of David and Absalom, a picture with small figures,dated 1642, formerly in a pavilion in the Park at Peterhof, and latelyremoved to the Hermitage. The figure
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . -1 Ï ^*t*£ THE DUTCH MILITARY GUILDS 277 the Virgin with the Infant Jesus (B. 61), a small female head,bearing no relation to the subject, has been left by the masteramong the clouds of the background. The carelessness of these hasty sketches shows them to havebeen Rembrandts recreation in the intervals of more laboriousundertakings. The same hurried execution characterises theReconciliation of David and Absalom, a picture with small figures,dated 1642, formerly in a pavilion in the Park at Peterhof, and latelyremoved to the Hermitage. The figures of the father and son,arrayed in Turkish costume, are peculiar rather than expressive ;and the background, with its fantastic architecture and precipitousmountains, is far from happy in conception. Both actors and scenery, asM. Paul Mantz observes, have an air of sham Orientalism suggestiveof a masquerade. Rembrandts mind was absorbed in a greaterconception. The masterpiece he had doubtless begun the year before,left him but little time
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