The Portfolio (Volume 1-3); Monographs on Artistic Subjects

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1894. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... P. G. HAMERTON Author of Etching & Etchers Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, ESSEX STREET, STRAND NEW YORK, MACMILLAN AND CO 1894 THE DATE OF REMBRANDT'S BIRTH The date 1607 is according to Vosmacr. Other writers have given 1606, and this has been accepted by Mr. Hadcn and M. Michel. I had not space to enter into the controversy, and merely trusted the Dutch biographer. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES ETCHED IN FACSIMILE BY AMAND DURAND. PAGE -Rembrandt with Broad Hat and Embroidered Mantle. B. 7. M. 52 Frontispiece. -The Rat Killer. B. 121. M. 261 20 Johannes Lutma. B. 276. M. 171 56 Rembrandt's Mother, seated, looking to the Right. B.343. M. 54 So ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. PACE Rembrandt, Full Face, Laughing. B.316. M. 25 16 Rembrandt with an Air of Grimace. B. 10. M. 23 16 Rembrandt with Haggard Eyes. B. 320. M. 24 16 Two Beggars, a Man and a Woman Conversing. B. 164. M. 37 17 A View of Amsterdam. B. 210. M. 304 18 An Old Woman, etched no lower than the Chin. B. 351. M.ioi 21 Three Heads of Women. B. 367. M. 115 23 A Young Woman reading. B. 345. M. 109 24 The Mountebank. B. 129. M. 117 25 The Prodigal Son. B. 91. M. 201 26 The Angel ascending from Tobit and his Family. B. 43. M. 213 34 The Resurrection of Lazarus, A Small Print. B.72. M. 215 36 The Three Trees. 6.212. M. 309 38 Six's Bridge. B. 208. M. 313 40 Landscape with a Canal and Large Boat. B. 236. M. 323 44 PACE Tobit Blind, with the Dog. B. 42. M. 226 45 Jesus disputing with the Doctors: the Larger Plate. B. 65. M. 231 46 David on his Knees. B. 41. M. 232 47 The Descent from the Cross: a Night Piece. B. 83. M. 242 49 The Flight into Egypt: the Holy Family crossing a Rill. B. 55. M. 240 ... 51 Jesus and Hi...