Word: rembrandt
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...Ozias Leduc is a Quebec brother to Philadelphia's late Thomas Eakins. His Madame Lebrun, painted in 1899, has the same passionate sobriety that made Eakins great. Both men began with Rembrandt, but neither knuckled under to the old master. They were as true to their age and hemisphere as Rembrandt had been to his. To portraitists of such quality, models are not only flesh and bones in a chair but also thoughts and feelings in the air. Madame Lebrun's sad, narrow gaze-as much as her elegant blouse and the stiffness of her spine-is forever...
...faces he put on canvas, Rembrandt van Rijn was fondest of the one he saw in his own mirror. Experts have identified about 60 Rembrandt self-portraits, which have been cropping up in strange places ever since the master died in 1669. Last week another of Rembrandt's self-portraits was in the news, with a typical tale of mystery attached...
...aged man in dark brown coat and dark velvet hat, staring moodily out at the world with large, pained eyes. The dealer was glad to include the picture in the sale for an extra $25. Then the marquis had it cleaned, and experts identified the picture as an authentic Rembrandt, probably painted around 1660, nine years before the artist's death...
...marquis' $25 investment turned into one of the most profitable in the history of art. His Rembrandt brought $100,000 from a wealthy Glasgow merchant, whose widow later presented the painting to Britain's Fairbridge Society, which sends underprivileged children to its farms in Australia...
...Fairbridge Society has turned its Rembrandt over to a new owner. George Farkas, 51, a wealthy owner of a New York department-store chain (Alexander's) and a collector with a special interest in 17th century Dutch paintings, had snapped it up for $42,000. London's dealers thought the price too high: though Rembrandt's genius was at its peak in his late period, the picture is not one of his best efforts. But Farkas was not disturbed by the critics. Said he: "I'll keep it a couple of years, then give...