"He [Rembrandt] introduced a new ideal, not the ideal of forms, but the ideal of clair-obscur, not the ideal of beauty, but the ideal of expression."
— Rembrandt

January 1, 1970

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PrintmakersPainters from the NetherlandsChristians
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Quote of Charles Blanc, 'Ecole Hollandaise' in Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles.., Librairie Renouard, Paris 1861, ed., p. 13 for complete text of the book