tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454459186129750328.post4577312017900422854..comments2024-03-28T03:48:25.254-07:00Comments on Grumpy Art Historian: Rembrandt Corpus, Volume VIMichael Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557727287816852329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454459186129750328.post-44426365334297415042018-11-07T22:28:45.264-08:002018-11-07T22:28:45.264-08:00Thank you. I think the balance of my comments were...Thank you. I think the balance of my comments were critical, but the thorough investigation is admirable. Some of the physical description is particularly valuable, such as the Norton Simon self-portrait which went from being a studio picture in good condition to an original in poor condition. But overall I think I agree with you, and will read your article.Michael Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557727287816852329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454459186129750328.post-90350648555039130922018-11-06T11:08:16.613-08:002018-11-06T11:08:16.613-08:00I find it difficult to bring your enthusiasm for t...I find it difficult to bring your enthusiasm for the RRP together with your criticsm and concluding words. And I would really like to know why you think vols. IV and V are monuments of art history (because of their size?). Judging by my own research on the modest scale of a single painting (formerly Bredius 431, then C51, now A86), the work of the RRP is a scandal. First the sloppy disattribution, then, 25 years later, lame excuses, and finally a hypothesis that makes Rembrandt in 1632, at the first peak of mastery, a studious illustrator of art theory ("Kamerlicht"? which interior scene does not feature it?). Anyone consulting that weighty tome and looking for information about the picture, much less a discussion of the iconography (it's a small "history painting", isn't it?), is going to be mightily disappointed. They will have to read my article, which is generously cited (but not discussed) by EvdW in a footnote, and now available in English in the painting's file at the Rembrandt Database (thank god for web!)<br />https://rkd.nl/en/explore/technical/5007260. <br />JeanMarieClarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269681938085933357noreply@blogger.com