. A short history of art . 1631 Rembrandt settled in Amsterdam, where the restof his life was spent. The following year he painted theLesson in Anatomy (Hague Gallery), in which he repre-sented the celebrated surgeon. Doctor Tulp, performing anautopsy in the presence of his students. The picture madeRembrandt famous. In 1634 he married Saskia van Uglen-borch, who died in 1642, the same year that Rembrandtpainted the so-called Night Watch. It was commis-sioned as a Corporation Picture, for which each mem-ber of the party had paid his share, so that he expectedin return a good likeness of himsel
. A short history of art . 1631 Rembrandt settled in Amsterdam, where the restof his life was spent. The following year he painted theLesson in Anatomy (Hague Gallery), in which he repre-sented the celebrated surgeon. Doctor Tulp, performing anautopsy in the presence of his students. The picture madeRembrandt famous. In 1634 he married Saskia van Uglen-borch, who died in 1642, the same year that Rembrandtpainted the so-called Night Watch. It was commis-sioned as a Corporation Picture, for which each mem-ber of the party had paid his share, so that he expectedin return a good likeness of himself. But Rembrandt sac-rificed the equal showing of each person to an arrangementof light and shade, which subordinated the importance ofmany of the figures. While fine as a picture, it failed as aportrait group. His patrons disapproved of it and Rem-brandts popularity declined. His carelessness as to moneyand business involved him in trouble, ending in his courage never abated, and some of his greatest. 1-1 cepa H -3
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