Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . -?-•=sjs€;: : : ?-- .???? ?:--.,..... VIEW OF THE BINNEN AMSTEL. (The Suykerbackery was to the left, on the quay with trees.)(Facsimile of a contemporary engraving.) the very heart of the Jewish quarter, adjoined that of the Jew,Salvador Rodrigues, on the east, and on the west, that of Rembrandtsbrother-artist, Nicolaes Elias. The price was 13,000 florins, a fourthof which was to be paid a year after possession, and the remainderin five or six years. A sum so considerable in those days showsthat the property was a valuable one. The house must have b
Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time . -?-•=sjs€;: : : ?-- .???? ?:--.,..... VIEW OF THE BINNEN AMSTEL. (The Suykerbackery was to the left, on the quay with trees.)(Facsimile of a contemporary engraving.) the very heart of the Jewish quarter, adjoined that of the Jew,Salvador Rodrigues, on the east, and on the west, that of Rembrandtsbrother-artist, Nicolaes Elias. The price was 13,000 florins, a fourthof which was to be paid a year after possession, and the remainderin five or six years. A sum so considerable in those days showsthat the property was a valuable one. The house must have beenin excellent repair, for it was a comparatively new building, as wevol. 1. y 258 REMBRANDT know from the date, 1606, inscribed on a stone modillion of the secondstory. Rembrandt evidently counted on his annual gains for thesesuccessive payments. He now received considerable sums, rangingfrom 500 to 600 florins, for his portraits and pictures. He wasbeginning to make a good deal by his etchings ; he had furtherthe payments from his pupils, and the occasional legacies that fel
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