. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. SKETCH. ( Print Room.). S/iiih for the \/cwis/i Hridc^^ {J^\^^)- Ien ;inil \\;i>h.() PORTRAITS OF MEN 165 handsome, delicately-featured old man in a furred green robe, seated ata table. We cannot aofree with Dr. Bode in his identification ofRembrandt himself with the life-size full-length of a man, dated 1639,in the Cassel Museum (No. 217 in the Catalogue) which long passedfor a portrait of Jan Six. The type has certainly nothing in commonwith that of the famous burgomaster, who was soon to becomeRembrandts friend. But
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. SKETCH. ( Print Room.). S/iiih for the \/cwis/i Hridc^^ {J^\^^)- Ien ;inil \\;i>h.() PORTRAITS OF MEN 165 handsome, delicately-featured old man in a furred green robe, seated ata table. We cannot aofree with Dr. Bode in his identification ofRembrandt himself with the life-size full-length of a man, dated 1639,in the Cassel Museum (No. 217 in the Catalogue) which long passedfor a portrait of Jan Six. The type has certainly nothing in commonwith that of the famous burgomaster, who was soon to becomeRembrandts friend. But neither can we discover an)- likeness to theartist, either in the shape of the face, the hair, or the expression. Thesitter, who leans against a wall beside an engaged pedestal, surmountedby an antique bust, is fashionably dressed in a black velvet costumewith ribbons, and a
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