"..a Leda or a Danae.. ..as a naked woman with swollen belly, hanging breasts and garter marks on the legs."
— Rembrandt

January 1, 1970

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Jan de Bisschop became soon after his death one of Rembrandt's fiercest 'classical' critics, attacking Rembrandt here for putting Nature before the classical ideal, as did in a similar way Arnold Houbraken.