Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . ts of himself—his first etchings—his METHOl THE return of one so beloved by hisfamily as Rembrandt was naturallyhailed with joyful effusion in the homecircle. But happy as he was to find himselfthus welcomed, he had no intention ol livingidly under his fathers roof, and he at onceset resolutely to work. He had thrown offa yoke that had become irksome to he had to seek guidance fromhimself alone, choosing his own path at hisown risk. How did he employ himself on his arrival at Leyden,and what were the fruits of that initial period ? No
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . ts of himself—his first etchings—his METHOl THE return of one so beloved by hisfamily as Rembrandt was naturallyhailed with joyful effusion in the homecircle. But happy as he was to find himselfthus welcomed, he had no intention ol livingidly under his fathers roof, and he at onceset resolutely to work. He had thrown offa yoke that had become irksome to he had to seek guidance fromhimself alone, choosing his own path at hisown risk. How did he employ himself on his arrival at Leyden,and what were the fruits of that initial period ? Nothing is knownon these points, and up to the present time no work by Rembrandtot earlier date than 1627 has been discovered. It must also beadmitted that his first pictures—for the: works of this date arepaintings—give little presage of future greatness, and scarcely in-dicate the character of his genius. But amidst the evidences ofyouthful inexperience in these somewhat hasty works, we note detailsot great significance. VOl . I. 1;. kEMUKANOT, HULL-FACE, LALGHINCi 1630 ( 316). 26 REMBRANDT The S/. Paul in Prison, formerly in the Schônborn collection,and acquired by the Stuttgart Museum in 1867, bears the date 1627, together with the signature and monogram here is, on the whole, a mediocre: work; dry in handling, gray incolour, and perfunctory in the treatment of chiaroscuro. There isa lack of subordination amounting to clumsiness in the rendering of details. And yet, on closer cxamin- JZeiiibrdnb ^Wlrfoi ati°n of uthe,puale
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