. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. Holland,an Ecce Homo in grisaille (in Lady Eastlakes possession), anothergrisaille now lost, The Dedication of Solomons Temple, a Virgin,a Head of Christ, a Lion-fight, a Courtesan adorning herself. Ofseveral others a Flagellation, a Resiirrection, a Descent from theCross, there were two and even three versions, perhaps replicas,perhaps copies, or compositions by pupils, touched up by themaster. Such was a Good Samaritan among the number. A few,of various sizes, were unnamed. Finally, there was the Dianaor Dandc, hidden in the lumber-room, identi
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. Holland,an Ecce Homo in grisaille (in Lady Eastlakes possession), anothergrisaille now lost, The Dedication of Solomons Temple, a Virgin,a Head of Christ, a Lion-fight, a Courtesan adorning herself. Ofseveral others a Flagellation, a Resiirrection, a Descent from theCross, there were two and even three versions, perhaps replicas,perhaps copies, or compositions by pupils, touched up by themaster. Such was a Good Samaritan among the number. A few,of various sizes, were unnamed. Finally, there was the Dianaor Dandc, hidden in the lumber-room, identical, no doubt, with thenude Saskia of the Hermitage collection. Among the engravings—apart from all those spoken of already—the inventory notes several portfolios, with complete sets of Rem-brandts own etchings ; a number of plates by his friend Lievensand his pupil Ferdinand Bol; a cupboard containing reproductionsof the masters pictures by J. van Vliet. His own drawings fill / Man in Armour {i(^55)- ( ...KIUKATTON ). REMBRANDTS COLLECTIONS 317 no less than twenty albums and portfolios. They were all care-fully classified by him, and arranged in categorical order—life-studies, studies of animals, landscapes, studies from antiques, roughsketches of compositions and more elaborate sketches. It is curiousto find one so careless of his own interests and neglectful ofordinary business details, so laboriously methodical and exact inall matters that concerned his art. Such was Rembrandts home :—a museum of rare and preciousthings collected by the master in no spirit of ostentation, butfor the delight and profit of his artistic faculties. We can hardlywonder that he felt little inclination to wander from the placewhere his tastes and his affections alike centred. But the day wasnot far distant when he was to be driven forth from this haven, anddespoiled of nearly all that made up the happiness of his life. O ?
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