The reading passage talks about the disparity involved in the work of a famous dutch painter named Rembrandt. For example, the painting known as Portrait of an Elderly woman in a white Bonnet was actually credited to Rembrandt because of the inherited style of painting and the beautiful expression of the face in the portrait. Some significant points were raised to check if it belonged to Rembrandt or not. Th first problem listed out was the inconsistency in the hat and the coat in dressing of the women wold never have been tolerated by the painter of this stature. Moreover, Rembrandt was known for making detailed portraits that also had effects of light and shadow which appeared doubtful because of the face was illuminated by the black fur collar because of reflection which would indeed absorb light. The rear side of the painting confirmed that the panel was made by joining several small pieces of wood together which was quite odd keeping in mind the previous paintings done by Rembrandt and therefore this painting was removed from the official catalogue of Rembrandt's painting.
However, these false claims were challenged in the lecture, where the lecturer talks about how the committee that was set up for finding an answer to this disparity. The committee after careful examination of the painting concluded that there is disparity in the dressing sense and therefore the first claim was nullified. The second was also rejected because of the c that the hat had material which reflected the light and the face was illuminated because of the light reflected by the hat still indicating that the painting has a role of light and shadows. When the quality and type of wood was tested it was found to be exactly similar to the wood panels that Rembrandt has used in all previous paintings. The extra pieces of wood were attached to add the features of fur collar, the hat to have more interesting portrait developed and thus the third claim was also rejected by the committee.
The reading passage talks about the disparity involved in the work of a
famous
dutch painter named Rembrandt.
For example
, the
painting
known as
Portrait
of an Elderly woman in a white Bonnet was actually credited to Rembrandt
because
of the inherited style of
painting
and the
beautiful
expression of the face in the
portrait
.
Some
significant points
were raised
to
check
if it belonged to Rembrandt or not.
Th
first
problem listed out was the inconsistency in the
hat
and the coat in dressing of the women wold never have
been tolerated
by the painter of this stature.
Moreover
, Rembrandt
was known
for making detailed
portraits
that
also
had effects of
light
and shadow which appeared doubtful
because
of the face
was illuminated
by the black fur collar
because
of reflection which would
indeed
absorb
light
. The rear side of the
painting
confirmed that the panel
was made
by joining several
small
pieces of
wood
together which was quite odd keeping in mind the previous
paintings
done by Rembrandt and
therefore
this
painting
was removed
from the official
catalogue
of Rembrandt's painting.
However
, these false claims
were challenged
in the lecture, where the lecturer talks about how the committee that
was set
up for finding an answer to this disparity. The committee after careful examination of the
painting
concluded that there is disparity in the dressing sense and
therefore
the
first
claim
was nullified
. The second was
also
rejected
because
of the c that the
hat
had material which reflected the
light
and the face
was illuminated
because
of the
light
reflected by the
hat
still
indicating that the
painting
has a role of
light
and shadows. When the quality and type of
wood
was
tested
it
was found
to be exactly similar to the
wood
panels that Rembrandt has
used
in all previous
paintings
. The extra pieces of
wood
were attached
to
add
the features of fur collar, the
hat
to have more interesting
portrait
developed and
thus
the third claim was
also
rejected by the committee.