. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ume, with which he not unfrequentlvmarred the soleninity of his Scriptural sc(;ncs. A further noveltyin the masters manner is the softness of the harmony in the Cassel 1 The purchase, wliich was made in 1883 for 1,400 florins, was due to the initiativeof Dr. J. Six. 2 We have ahcady remarked that the same model figures in a picture in the Hermita<je(No. 818 in the Catalogue). .,8 REMBRANDT picture, with its clear, suave intonations, its pale grays and subduedyellows, relieved here and there by some russet or purely red lio-ht, like th
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ume, with which he not unfrequentlvmarred the soleninity of his Scriptural sc(;ncs. A further noveltyin the masters manner is the softness of the harmony in the Cassel 1 The purchase, wliich was made in 1883 for 1,400 florins, was due to the initiativeof Dr. J. Six. 2 We have ahcady remarked that the same model figures in a picture in the Hermita<je(No. 818 in the Catalogue). .,8 REMBRANDT picture, with its clear, suave intonations, its pale grays and subduedyellows, relieved here and there by some russet or purely red lio-ht, like the colour, is limpid, diffused, and chastened, andthe eftect is won without strong contrasts of any kind. The lessimportant details are lost in a golden penumbra, and are veryslightly indicated : the execution, at once broad and reticent, vigorousand discreet, is marvellously attuned to the solemn calm and silenceof approaching death. Of the handling, indeed, the spectator takeslittle note, so entirely is it subordinated to the sentiment of the. DR. J. DEVMAN S LESSON IN ANATOMY. 1636 (Ryksmuseum, Amstenlam). scene, spiritualised, as it were, by a poet who, in the midst of over-whelming anxieties, preserves a perfect serenity in his art, and revealshimself as he is, tender, affectionate, and pathetic. With a geniusthat commands the reverence of the greatest artists, Rembrandtcombines a naive familiarity that appeals to the most is no straining after eloquence in his utterances ; for deep inhis own heart springs the fountain of that magnetic emotion whichfinds an echo in every breast. The Denial of St. Peter, in the Hermitage, a picture of nearlythe same dimensions, with life-size figures in three-quarters length, PICTURES OF THIS PERIOD 329 was painted at about the same period, probably in the same year(1656). The scene, in accordance with the Gospel narrative, is repre-sented as taking place in the middle of the night. The darkness
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