Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . PEN DRAWING. (Heseltine Collection.) CHAPTER VI REMBRANDT SETTLES AT AMSTERDAM—HIS FIRST PICTURES—HIS FEMALE MODELS—THE GOOD SAMARITAN—THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE—STUDIES OF OLD MEN— THE PORTRAITURE OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL THOMAS DE KEYSER—PORTRAITS PAINTED BY REMBRANDT IN ON his arrival at Amsterdam, Rembrandttook up his abode with his friendHendrick van Uylenborch, with whomhe had lodged on former occasions. But hisstay was probably brief, for one of his inde-pendent character and with his passion forwork must have been anxious to find himselfin a h
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . PEN DRAWING. (Heseltine Collection.) CHAPTER VI REMBRANDT SETTLES AT AMSTERDAM—HIS FIRST PICTURES—HIS FEMALE MODELS—THE GOOD SAMARITAN—THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE—STUDIES OF OLD MEN— THE PORTRAITURE OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL THOMAS DE KEYSER—PORTRAITS PAINTED BY REMBRANDT IN ON his arrival at Amsterdam, Rembrandttook up his abode with his friendHendrick van Uylenborch, with whomhe had lodged on former occasions. But hisstay was probably brief, for one of his inde-pendent character and with his passion forwork must have been anxious to find himselfin a home of his own, where he could givehimself up freely to his studies. The lodginghe chose was on the Bloemgrackt, a canal tothe west of the town, in a warehouse, no doubt spacious enough toafford him a studio where he could arrange his models conveniently,under favourable conditions as to light. Rembrandt found facilities in his new residence that had beendenied him in Leyden. Male models were procurable, and some fewwomen sat to him. There was at least one, whose face and form—too easily recognisable, alas !—we find in several etchings of the SMALL FIGURE OF A POLANDER. 1631 (B. 142). 102 REMBRANDT r period. We are bound to admit that the so-called Bathing Diana(B. 201) has little of the classic grace a
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