the photograph as unintelligible blurs.
With these difficulties to meet, great pains have been taken to select
for the reproductions of this book the best photographs made direct
from the original paintings. A comparative study of the available
material has resulted in making use of an almost equal number from
Messrs. Hanfstaengl & Co. and Messrs. Braun & Cie.

In reproducing the etchings the publishers have been most fortunate in
being able to use for the purpose original prints in the Harvey D.
Parker Collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.

NEW BEDFORD, MASS.

November, 1899.

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CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

PORTRAIT OF REMBRANDT. PAINTED BY HIMSELF. _Frontispiece._

FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE.

INTRODUCTION

I. ON REMBRANDT'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST

II. ON BOOKS OF REFERENCE

III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE PICTURES OF THIS COLLECTION

IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN REMBRANDT'S LIFE

V. SOME OF REMBRANDT'S FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES IN HOLLAND

VI. FOREIGN CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS

I. JACOB WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL

II. ISRAEL BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL

III. THE ANGEL RAPHAEL LEAVING THE FAMILY OF TOBIT

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE

IV. THE RAT KILLER

PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

V. THE PHILOSOPHER IN MEDITATION

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE

VI. THE GOOD SAMARITAN

PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

VII. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL

VIII. CHRIST PREACHING

PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

IX. CHRIST AT EMMAUS

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE

X. PORTRAIT OF SASKIA

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL

XI. THE SORTIE OF THE CIVIC GUARD

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE

XII. PORTRAIT OF JAN SIX

PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

XIII. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE

XIV. THE SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH GUILD

PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ