This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...she retained the vigour and dignity so admirably rendered by the master to an advanced age. Born in 1571, she appears to have been from seventy-two to seventy-five years old when the portrait was painted. The character of the execution also points to the approximate date to which we think the portrait may be assigned, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...she retained the vigour and dignity so admirably rendered by the master to an advanced age. Born in 1571, she appears to have been from seventy-two to seventy-five years old when the portrait was painted. The character of the execution also points to the approximate date to which we think the portrait may be assigned, viz. 1643-1646. It is a three-quarters length of an old lady, seated, and facing the spectator. Her black dress is marked by the subdued elegance proper to her rank and age. A closely fitting white cap with semicircular ear-pieces surrounds the face, showing the roots of the hair in front, and the whiteness of the large gauffered ruff is mitigated by the pronounced shadow cast by the head. In spite of her yellow complexion and parchment skin, the old lady's bearing is still erect and stately. On a table covered with a green cloth beside her lies a large clasped book, doubtless a bible. She seems to have just closed it, and to be meditating on what she has read. The small deep-set eyes twinkle keenly under the drooping lids, with an expression denoting a profound knowledge of life; the strongly 1 The model in this portrait of 1643 (a date confirmed by the handling) is, in fact, younger than Rembrandt's mother as she appears in the early works. Portrait of Elizabeth Bas (about 1643). (AMSTKKDAM RVKSMUSKUM.) ETCHINGS OF THIS PERIOD 235 marked chin, the thin compressed lips, proclaim a firm will and energetic character. The vigorous contours, sharply defined against the neutral background, the close, incisive drawing, the truth of the modelling, the decision of the accents, the extreme frankness of the intonations, even the choice of attitude, all combine to suggest the individuality of the sitter. These qualities in the painter's handiwork reflec...
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