"[that] Nature stands abashed—red faced For never before has she been so well rendered By any artist.. [than Rembrandt]"
— Rembrandt

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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the poet Cornelis de Bie - in a 1661 verse - tribute to all the great painters of his day, sang Rembrandt's praises, to those who were beginning to denigrate Rembrandt as an 'undisciplined slave of nature'