Original Drawings By Rembrandt In The Collection Of J P H Classic Reprint

Author : Wilhelm Bode
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282299828
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Work of Rembrandt, Vol. 6 written by Wilhelm Bode and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Work of Rembrandt, Vol. 6: History, Description and Heliographic Reproduction of All the Master's Pictures, With a Study of His Life and His Art In quality and character the compositions of these years show no essential diffe rence to those of the preceding period. The artist was still in the full vigour of manhood. But they nevertheless indicate a change in his mode of life. No landscapes appear later than Lord Lansdowne's jllill, which belongs to the early fifties; not because Rembrandt had lost his delight in nature, for in many later pictures and drawings he introduced the most beautiful landscape backgrounds, but the artist had become more and more ofa hermit, leaving the town, and even his own house less and less. The scanty number of portraits painted to order is a characteristic of the years following immediately on Hendrickje's admission into the household, as also of this later period. With few exceptions, the portraits are those of old friends, or of new acquaintances, with whom he had been brought into contact for the most part in consequence of his difficult situation and his bankruptcy, and who took advantage of the excellent opportunity of getting their portraits cheap, or perhaps for nothing. The master's portraits of himself and of his nearest relatives, and his figure studies, are all the more numerous for the same reasons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.