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The history of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob reads like a romance. He was the younger of the two sons of Isaac, and was at a great disadvantage on this account. Among his people the eldest son always became the family heir and also received the choicest blessing from the... Read Full Overview

Rembrandt. A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter. This book, "Rembrandt", by Estelle May Hurll, is a replication of a book originally published before 1899. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close... Read Full Overview

In the northern part of Italy is the little town of Correggio, which gave its name to the painter whose works we are to study. His real name was Antonio Allegri, but in the sixteenth century a man would often be called by a nickname referring to some peculiarity, or to his birthplace... Read Full Overview

A general impression prevails with the large picture-loving public that a special training is necessary to any proper appreciation of Rembrandt. He is the idol of the connoisseur because of his superb mastery of technique, his miracles of chiaroscuro, his blending of colors.

REMBRANDT

By Estelle M. Hurll

An introduction to the great Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, known for his portraits, self-portraits, historical subjects, and scenes of everyday life in Amsterdam.

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Estelle May Hurll (1863-1924) was the author of The Madonna in Art (1898), Raphael (1899), Jean Fran ois Millet (1900), Michelangelo (1900), Correggio (1901), Child-Life in Art (1901), The Bible Beautiful (1908), Sir Joshua Reynolds, Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Tuscan Sculpture of... Read Full Overview

"Rembrandt" from Estelle May Hurll. Student of aesthetics, wrote a series of popular aesthetic analyses of art in the early twentieth century (1863-1924).

Reproduction of the original: Rembrandt by Estelle M. Hurll