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050 4 $aND653.R4$bV45 1939
082 04 $a759.9492
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aVan Loon, Hendrik Willem,$d1882-1944.
245 10 $aR.v.R. :$bthe life of Rembrandt Van Rijn /$cby Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Revised especially for this edition by the author and illustrated with 150 reproductions of the drawings, etchings and paintings of Rembrandt selected and arranged by J.B. Neumann.
246 3 $aLife of Rembrandt Van Rijn
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHeritage Reprints,$c©1939.
300 $axxxvi, 378 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aI meet Saskia for the first time and find her a very sick woman -- Under what circumstances I had first met Rembrandt -- A disagreeable woman is as a rule a very disagreeable woman -- Saskia's illness -- I begin to learn something new about art when Rembrandt invites me into his studio -- Rembrandt paints a very large picture which he expects to make him famous -- And as a result of this picture Rembrandt becomes the joke of Amsterdam -- Rembrandt meets my friends and Saskia grows weaker -- Saskia quietly goes to sleep for all time -- Saskia is buried and Rembrandt goes back to work.
505 0 $aRembrandt unexpectedly calls and borrows fifty guilders -- I learn a few things about Saskia's family -- I relate a few interesting stories about my grandfather -- Rembrandt asks me to call -- I have the honor to dine with one of the Burgomasters -- What I heard from home during my prolonged stay in the New World -- I receive more bad news from Amsterdam and decide to return home -- I meet my colleague, Dr. Ephraim Bueno, who had taken care of Rembrandt's family while I was in America -- Concerning the position of artists in a commercial country -- Two of my old friends are gone and in my loneliness I begin to see a little more of Rembrandt.
505 0 $aRembrandt becomes talkative and favors me with a few of his views upon Art -- I begin to understand that all is not well in the big house on the Jodenbreestraat -- I visit my banker and learn something about the deplorable state of Rembrandt's finances -- The ministers take a hand in Rembrandt's affairs -- Hendrickje has a child and the clergy of Amsterdam express their opinion upon my researches in the domain of painless surgery -- Our Jewish neighbors, who have come to us to escape from the intolerance of their Spanish masters, show that religious bigotry is not restricted to one sect or religion -- My son begins the education of his father -- We build a new town hall and Rembrandt almost paints a picture for it -- Rembrandt recieves a caller. He proves to be an official from the Bankruptcy Court -- The house on the Jodenbreestraat stands still and empty.
505 0 $aRembrandt shows signs of beginning old age -- Hendrickje goes into business -- Hendrickje and Titus form a partnership but are not very successful -- The van Rijn family finds a new house -- I get Rembrandt an order for a final picture -- Poor Hendrickje goes to her final rest -- A forgotten man in a lonely house goes on painting pictures -- Rembrandt has one more pupil -- And still Rembrandt continues to paint -- Titus marries -- I read a final chapter in Genesis.
520 $aThis biography of Rembrandt tells about the artist being the son of a Dutch miller who rose to fame, who tasted the fruits of success and prosperity and sank to the trials of bankruptcy and utter want.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
600 00 $aRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,$d1606-1669.
600 07 $aRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,$d1606-1669.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00047043
650 0 $aPainters$zNetherlands$vBiography.
650 7 $aPainters.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01050530
651 7 $aNetherlands.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204034
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
700 1 $aNeumann, J. B.$q(Jsrael Ber)
776 08 $iOnline version:$aVan Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.$tR.v.R.$bRev. ed.$dNew York : Heritage Reprints, ©1939$w(OCoLC)1028102684
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