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REMBRANDT VAN RHYN.
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New Testament Subjects.
117. The Prodigal’s Return. This gallery picture is com-
posed of six figures, and the principal group consists of a
venerable man with a grey beard, dressed in a scarlet mantle
over a yellow vesture, and having on his head a bright yellow
silk cap ; he is represented with both his hands placed affec-
tionately on the shoulders of his repentant son, who is kneeling
before him with his back to the spectator. On the right stands
an aged man, habited in a red mantle; he is seen in a profile
view, with his hands joined together, and on the opposite side
is seated an elderly woman. The remaining two persons are
women, and these are faintly perceived in the back of the room.
This picture is far from being a satisfactory work of Rem-
brandt’s ; it is painted in a coarse and dexterous manner, and
signed Rt. Ryn.
The preceding is, perhaps, the picture which was sold in
the collection of M. J. de Gise, in 1742, for 602 flo., 5^1.; and
again, in the collection of the Elector of Cologne, at Paris, in
1764.
8ft. 1 in. by 6 ft. 3in.—C.
Now in the palace of the Hermitage, at St. Petersburgh.
118. The good Samaritan. This superlative picture repre-
sents that part of our Lord’s exemplification of the parable,
“ And who is my neighbour?” where the good Samaritan,
having put the wounded man on his own beast, arrives at the
inn, at the door of which he is standing in conversation with
the hostess, and by his gesture and the purse in his hand,
appears to be recommending him to her kind protection; at
the same time a man and a youth have removed the invalid
from the horse, and are carrying him towards the door of the
house, the horse being held in the interim by a man who has
assisted the others. Two travellers’ horses are baiting at the
inn, at a window of which are three persons observing the
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New Testament Subjects.
117. The Prodigal’s Return. This gallery picture is com-
posed of six figures, and the principal group consists of a
venerable man with a grey beard, dressed in a scarlet mantle
over a yellow vesture, and having on his head a bright yellow
silk cap ; he is represented with both his hands placed affec-
tionately on the shoulders of his repentant son, who is kneeling
before him with his back to the spectator. On the right stands
an aged man, habited in a red mantle; he is seen in a profile
view, with his hands joined together, and on the opposite side
is seated an elderly woman. The remaining two persons are
women, and these are faintly perceived in the back of the room.
This picture is far from being a satisfactory work of Rem-
brandt’s ; it is painted in a coarse and dexterous manner, and
signed Rt. Ryn.
The preceding is, perhaps, the picture which was sold in
the collection of M. J. de Gise, in 1742, for 602 flo., 5^1.; and
again, in the collection of the Elector of Cologne, at Paris, in
1764.
8ft. 1 in. by 6 ft. 3in.—C.
Now in the palace of the Hermitage, at St. Petersburgh.
118. The good Samaritan. This superlative picture repre-
sents that part of our Lord’s exemplification of the parable,
“ And who is my neighbour?” where the good Samaritan,
having put the wounded man on his own beast, arrives at the
inn, at the door of which he is standing in conversation with
the hostess, and by his gesture and the purse in his hand,
appears to be recommending him to her kind protection; at
the same time a man and a youth have removed the invalid
from the horse, and are carrying him towards the door of the
house, the horse being held in the interim by a man who has
assisted the others. Two travellers’ horses are baiting at the
inn, at a window of which are three persons observing the