Just Because You Didn't Ask - My Favorite Painter

Self-Portrait
Rembrandt

Painted when Rembrandt was 54, it has been noted as a work in which may be seen the worried expression and troubled condition of his mind. This work shows Rembrandt at his best. The hat, a rich black, and the background, a warm green, are smoothly painted. The shadows in the face are thin, warm, and transparent, while the lighter parts, as on the cheek, are laid on with a well-loaded brush, suggesting the texture of the flesh and made to glow with color.

And of course my favorite of the master's works - The Night Watch (1642). I have been as close as those ropes to this piece. I was in the Netherlands at the time when this paiting was slashed. That's all I can say at this time.

"The work was attacked with a bread knife by an unemployed school teacher, Wilhelmus de Rijk, in 1975, resulting in a large zig-zag of slashes. It was successfully restored but some evidence of the damage is still observable close-up. De Rijk committed suicide in April 1976."




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