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Show abon-mot or not, it is certain that the light play o theetching needle may resultinan effectof immed- iateness and intimacy which the more labored canvas mightnotalways convey so directly. Added t thatistheevidentadvantageoverthesingle paintin of awider circulation through multiplication i prints of which practically each one is an origina production. All of this is brought outwith rich significancein theetched work of the pastas preserve for usin publicand private collections The remarkable series of portraits known as the Jconographie,whichVanDyckdrewon copperwit arare distinction of style, and those pictures of hi friends which Rembrandt etched with profoun sympathy,arehighlyvaluablerecordsofthementa activityof thosedays,all the more valuable becaus setdownwith consummateart. Howmuch of intro spection as well as analysis played at the point o Rembrandt's etching needle may be seen in tha mostobviously compelling of his portraits, the on of himself seated at a window, drawing. When on turnsfromRembrandt's portraitstohis bitsof rusti life, his beggars and vendors, though there was no thesame opportunityfor psychologicalanalysis,ye thefigures are notstaffage merely; theyare set fort withthatbigsymfo pathy thelifeabout himwhic forms a basic note in those rich harmonies, solem andyet joyous, thatsound out from his art More directly concerned with the activities of th Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts ressrved |