Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . her Rembrandt, then, as we see, might have pleaded the examples of his most illustrious pre-decessors. Loving natureand art as he did, hemust have rejoiced morethan any among them inthe opportunities nowafforded him of carryingout the studies he hadlong desired to attempt,from a model so superiorto the coarse, mis-shapentypes he had hithertoencountered. The youngwoman, small and daintyof limb, lies on a lowbed, raised from the floorby a step. The lightfalls from the left fullon her delicate appears to see someone advancing toward
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . her Rembrandt, then, as we see, might have pleaded the examples of his most illustrious pre-decessors. Loving natureand art as he did, hemust have rejoiced morethan any among them inthe opportunities nowafforded him of carryingout the studies he hadlong desired to attempt,from a model so superiorto the coarse, mis-shapentypes he had hithertoencountered. The youngwoman, small and daintyof limb, lies on a lowbed, raised from the floorby a step. The lightfalls from the left fullon her delicate appears to see someone advancing towardsher, whom she welcomes with a radiant look, a smile on her rosylips. Her right arm is raised and extended; the other rests upona pillow. A comb set with pearls fastens her golden brown hair,and on her arms are bracelets of gold and pearls. An old hag, witha bunch of keys in her hand, draws back the curtains of the bed,a bed of gilded wood, with massive supports, carved posts, anda figure of Cupid with outspread wings in high relief at the. PORTRAIT OF KEMDRANDT. About 1634 (Hague Museum). 1 Like Rembrandt, Rubens kept this study in his studio, and in his will bequeathedit to Helena Kourment herself. THE DANÀE OF THE HERMITAGE 225 By the bed is a table with a cover richly embroidered ingold. The dull crimson of this cover, the greenish brown of thecurtains, the greenish blues of the bed, and the touches of goldhere and there, make up a subdued harmony that brings thestrongly illuminated carnations into admirable relief. The figure isnot beyond reproach, andthere is a certain wantof elegance in the plumpcontours ; but the brilli-ance of the general effect,the transparent warmthof the shadows, the de-licacy of the modelling,the gradations of thechiaroscuro, and the fresh-ness and grace of theyouthful body, whichseems to quiver with lifeand joy, all combine tomake this work uniqueamong the masters crea-tions. Saskias features aremore clearly recognisablein two studies of S
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