. Rembrandt and his works: comprising a short account of his life; with a critical examination into his principles and practice of design, light, shade, and colour. Illustrated by examples from the etchings of Rembrandt . arisen, Thus, in his John Knox Preaching, there are many pointsof similarity with the St. Paul Preaching, by Raffaelle. I may alsomention here what we often perceive in the works of Rembrandt—in placeof having the light hemmed in by a dark boundary, it is spread out intoa mass of half-light; and the same treatment is adopted -with regard to hisextreme darks, they communicate
. Rembrandt and his works: comprising a short account of his life; with a critical examination into his principles and practice of design, light, shade, and colour. Illustrated by examples from the etchings of Rembrandt . arisen, Thus, in his John Knox Preaching, there are many pointsof similarity with the St. Paul Preaching, by Raffaelle. I may alsomention here what we often perceive in the works of Rembrandt—in placeof having the light hemmed in by a dark boundary, it is spread out intoa mass of half-light; and the same treatment is adopted -with regard to hisextreme darks, they communicate their properties to the surroundingground. These qualities are the foundation of breadth and softness ofeffect. These observations may appear iterations of what has been mentionedbefore—but truths get strengthened by being placed in new positions. Individing a work of this kind into portions, it is difficult to give a preferenceto any department, especially with such an artist as Rembrandt, who wasequally celebrated in all—and I have only given a priority to historicalsubjects as they hold a higher rank than portraiture. But his portraitsare those productions of his pencil which are most peculiar to 41 PORTRAIT OF THE BURGOMASTER SIX. This is the most finished and perfect of all the etchings of Rembrandt;and as it was done expressly for his friend and patron, we can easilyimagine that the painter exerted himself to the utmost, so as to render itworthy of the subject. I have been at some trouble to get an account ofthe family of Jan Six, but have gleaned little from those books connectedwith the history of Holland. During the war with England, in the reign ofCharles the Second, he was Secretary of State to the City of Amsterdam,and his family was afterwards connected with some of their most celebratedmen. But what has rendered his name more famous than intermarryingwith the families of Van Tromp or De Ruyter, is his patronage of Rem-brandt—in the same way that
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