CONTENTS

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List of Illustrations[vii]
Bibliography[ix]
Chronological Table[xiii]
PART I.—REMBRANDT THE MAN
Chapter I.Birth and Early Years[1]
II.Art Education and Early Works[8]
III.Days of Prosperity[16]
IV.Days of Decline[32]
PART II.—REMBRANDT THE PAINTER
V.Early Years (1627-1633)[48]
VI.Time of Prosperity[61]
VII.Years of Decline[71]
PART III.—REMBRANDT THE ETCHER
VIII.The History of the Etchings[85]
IX.The Authentic Etchings[93]
Catalogue of Works[117]
Index[157]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Shipbuilder and his Wife, 1633, [Frontispiece]Buckingham Palace
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother, about 1628The Hague[6]
Portrait of Rembrandt's Father, about 1631Cassel[12]
Portrait of Saskia, 1632Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna[18]
Rembrandt and Saskia, about 1635Dresden[24]
Portrait of Rembrandt, 1640National Gallery, London[28]
Portrait of Saskia, 1641Dresden[30]
Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, about 1662Louvre[44]
Portrait of Rembrandt, about 1664National Gallery, London[46]
Portrait called Coppenol, 1631The Hermitage[54]
Portrait of a Man, 1630-1632Imperial Museum, Vienna[56]
Portrait of a Woman, 1630-1632Imperial Museum, Vienna[56]
The Anatomy Lesson, 1632The Hague[58]
Portrait of Jan Herman Krul, 1633Cassel[58]
The Elevation of the Cross, 1633Munich[60]
Portrait of an Old Woman, 1634National Gallery, London[62]
The Burgomaster Pancras and his Wife, about 1635Buckingham Palace[62]
Portrait of a Man, 1635National Gallery, London[62]
Danae, 1636The Hermitage[64]
Portrait of a Man, 1636Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna[64]
Portrait of a Lady, 1636Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna[64]
Portrait called Sobieski, 1637The Hermitage[66]
The Man with the Bittern, 1639Dresden[66]
Portrait of Elizabeth Bas, about 1640Amsterdam[68]
Anslo consoling a Widow, 1641Berlin[68]
The Lady with the Fan, 1641Buckingham Palace[70]
Portrait of a Man, 1641Brussels[70]
The Woman taken in Adultery, 1644National Gallery, London[72]
A Girl at a Window, 1645Dulwich Gallery[72]
Portrait of a Rabbi, 1645Berlin[74]
A Winter Scene, 1646Cassel[74]
Christ at Emmaus, 1648Louvre[76]
John the Baptist preaching, 1656Berlin[78]
The Syndics of the Drapers, 1661Amsterdam[80]

ETCHINGS

The Numbers given are those of Bartsch's Catalogue

Christ healing the Sick (74)[86]
Clement de Jonghe (272)[90]
The Three Trees (212)[92]
Rembrandt's Mill (233)[98]
Beggars at the Door of a House (176)[100]
The Shell (159)[102]
Jan Lutma (276)[106]