How Rembrandt surpassed the Ancients, Italians and Rubens as the Master of ‘the Passions of the Soul'

The passions had to be rendered through the movements of the human figure (Van Mander); however it was an Italian cliché that Netherlandish artists were not able to depict figures properly. This article demonstrates how Rembrandt from his earliest works promoted the image of being the master of the...

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Main Author: Eric Jan Sluijter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2014-06-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
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Online Access:https://ojstest.minions.amsterdam/article/view/6134

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