Rembrandt's debt to the Italian Renaissance art has long been recognized and discussed within the paradigm of the regional painterly directions of disegno and colore. Less acknowledged is his ...familiarity with and appropriation of later Italian art. The affinities between Rembrandt and Caravaggio have often been indicated, especially with respect to chiaroscuro. Rembrandt's familiarity with Caravaggio's Madonna of the Rosary has been noted, but Rembrandt's adaptation of aspects of that grand altarpiece has not been adequately discussed. This essay considers how the Rosary Contributed to Rembrandt's organization of space and figures in his early paintings.
English Discusses Julius Held's studies of Rembrandt's paintings and drawings. Also contrasts his selective attention to the artist with his more encompassing interest in Rubens.
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