Jacob's Dream, by Rembrandt, 1854. Biblical scene believed to have been by Rembrandt, and later attributed to Arent de Gelder, Rembrandt's last pupil. 'Rembrandt is supposed to have acquired his peculiar taste for a brilliant concentration of light from an appearance that he had been familiar with from his infancy in his father's mill, where a strong beam of light coming from a small and lofty aperture cast on the surrounding objects that peculiar tone which we see so happily illustrated in his is known that he purchased, at a high price, casts from antique marbles, paintings dra
Jacob's Dream, by Rembrandt, 1854. Biblical scene believed to have been by Rembrandt, and later attributed to Arent de Gelder, Rembrandt's last pupil. 'Rembrandt is supposed to have acquired his peculiar taste for a brilliant concentration of light from an appearance that he had been familiar with from his infancy in his father's mill, where a strong beam of light coming from a small and lofty aperture cast on the surrounding objects that peculiar tone which we see so happily illustrated in his is known that he purchased, at a high price, casts from antique marbles, paintings drawings, and engravings, by the most excellent Italian masters to assist him in his studies, and which are mentioned in the inventory of his goods when seized for debt. The original sketch for 'The Jacob's Dream ' is one of the treasures of the Dulwich Gallery'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
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