. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. FEN DKAWING HEIGHTENED WITH SEIIA. (Dulce of Devonshires CoUeciion.) CHAPTER XII Rembrandts growing fame—his influence on his contemporaries—his firstpupils at amsterdam : ferdinand bol, govert flinck, cerbrandt van deneeckhout, jan victors, philips de koninck, etc.—his reputed avarice—his tastes as a collector —purchase of a house in the breestraat— rembrandts friends and domestic habits—etchings of saskia the death OF Rembrandts R EMBRANDTS talents, and the favourhe enjoyed at Amsterdam, had nowmade him widely known. His etch-ings, whi
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. FEN DKAWING HEIGHTENED WITH SEIIA. (Dulce of Devonshires CoUeciion.) CHAPTER XII Rembrandts growing fame—his influence on his contemporaries—his firstpupils at amsterdam : ferdinand bol, govert flinck, cerbrandt van deneeckhout, jan victors, philips de koninck, etc.—his reputed avarice—his tastes as a collector —purchase of a house in the breestraat— rembrandts friends and domestic habits—etchings of saskia the death OF Rembrandts R EMBRANDTS talents, and the favourhe enjoyed at Amsterdam, had nowmade him widely known. His etch-ings, which had been well received from thefirst, spread his fame not only throughout hisown countr}-, but in foreign lands, and manypupils came to seek instruction Irom do not think, however, that he receivedany into his studio in the very early daysoi his residence. He was then less ex-tensively known. Besides which, the aoes ofthose who are found to have been his firstpupils sufficiently prove that they cannot havebecome Reml^randts apprentices till some few years atlcr hisarrival. Wdien he had rather more time at his disposal, he foundit impossible to refuse all of the many apphcants lor was at once the most fashional)le portraitist and the most con-spicuous historical painter of the day. Various circumstances, aswe shall see, had combined with his superiority over his rivals tosecure his pre-eminence. We have already si)oken of the fiscination whith tlr(w so many
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