1989
99 x 99 x 8,5 cm.
acrylic and lacquer paint on panel / assemblage of organic material and foil
private collection Groningen (NL)
Sir, put this painting up in strong light and in such a place that the observer can stand some distance away from it; in this way it will scintillate best, was written by Rembrandt to Constantijn Huygens in a letter dated 27 January 1639.
To be more precisely: it was not in the letter itself. It was in the postscript to the letter that he made one of the few known remarks on his own work.
references: Seymour Slive, 1953: Rembrandt and His Critics, 1630-1730; introduction p. 22. || Horst Gerson, 1961: Seven Letters by Rembrandt; pp 31-40. || the original letter: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/watermarker/media/huygens/original/2032_uba.pdf
MIJN HEER, HANGT DIT STUCK OP EEN STARCK LICHT, EN DAT MEN DAER WIJT KEN AFSTAEN, SOO SALT BEST VONCKEN
1989
99 x 99 x 8,5 cm.
acrylic and lacquer paint on panel / assemblage of organic material and foil
private collection Groningen (NL)
Sir, put this painting up in strong light and in such a place that the observer can stand some distance away from it; in this way it will scintillate best, was written by Rembrandt to Constantijn Huygens in a letter dated 27 January 1639.
To be more precisely: it was not in the letter itself. It was in the postscript to the letter that he made one of the few known remarks on his own work.
references: Seymour Slive, 1953: Rembrandt and His Critics, 1630-1730; introduction p. 22. || Horst Gerson, 1961: Seven Letters by Rembrandt; pp 31-40. || the original letter: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/watermarker/media/huygens/original/2032_uba.pdf