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Title: Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Michel, Emile, 1828-1909 Wedmore, Frederick, Sir, 1844-1921
Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
Publisher: London : Heinemann New York : Scribner
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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tic dress. Her sweet, fresh face is turnedtowards the spectator. Before them is a table covered with an Easternrug, on which are a plate, and a raised pie surmounted by a peacockwith out-spread tail. Rembrandt, whose eyes are slightly misty,laughs aloud, displaying l)()th rows of teeth, and shakes his flowinghair. Saskias face looks smaller than ever beside his great head ; shemight be a fairy in the grasp of a giant, confident of her own power,trustful and hai)py in the love she has inspired. Her exi)ression is I40 REMBRANDT calm, and she seems rather astonished than amused ; the faintestsuspicion of a smile hovers about her lips. As to the master himself,his noisy gaiety is rather forced ; the part he plays seems to involvea certain degree of effort. It is evident that such junketings arenot usual with him ; that he is a man of sober habits, attractedby the picturesque aspect of the scene, rather than by its appeal togluttony and sensuality. The exquisite distinction of the harmony,
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THE BLRGOMASTER PANCRAS AND HIS WIFK. About 1635 (Buckingham Palaci). made up of subdued reds and dull greens, the softness and delicacy ofthe chiaroscuro, the sedate and accurate execution, seem to enter aninvoluntary protest against Rembrandts choice of subject. It is difficult here to avoid an invidious comparison with Hals ; we imagine the devil-may-care vigour with which he would have endued such an episode ; and recall his rollicking ^iciuvno^ Ramp and his Mistress) There, no shadow of constraint or of shame-facedness is to be found. 1 Now in the possession of the Comte de Pourtales in Paris.

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