New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

1858. To- less fashionable quarters. the
premises were divided into two dwell
ings. and saws Dr. Jan Veins preface
10 tho catalogue. since then such changes
took place that Of the original distribu-
ton little could be- recognized. This state
of affairs stimulated further the zeal OF
some Of the great painters admirers,
who. efficiently assisted by Jkhr i.
Harrison. formed. in 1907. the NichfiH1
R'mby0Hdf- HHiS Foundation Rembrandt
Houscj 10 acquire the building. buying it
again from the municipality. and To re
store II. as much ~ possible, 10 its old
condition. task I'm which they ayailcd
themselves of the expert counsel Of the
architect BaZcL on the tenth OF this
month II was formally opened AZ II Rem
brandt museum I'm the presence Of Her
Majesty Queen Wilhelmina.
\ restoration IN the sense Of a repro
duCtion OF All the seventeenth century
features and fittings and OF the furniture
used by Rembrandt and his family could
not be attempted. The case presented
difficulties far more pcrplcxing than
met I'm the reconstruction. Z. a., Of the
Goethe House at Frankfurt-a.- M. II the
DcUfSchc HOchSfin had To- do with Il
building. unchanged. comparatively
speaking. whose arrangement. at n
period more than a century nearer to our
sCriptions. partly i'm the poets own
handwriting. while deal of the furni-
turc associated with the daily occupa-
tons Of himself and his parents could
be purchased or obtained I'm loan. the
Amsterdam StchfiHg found hardly any
thing to 60 by: though an inventory Of
Rcmbrandts worldly belongings. made
i'm l6JG. offers guidance of II sort not a
piece of the gorgeous upholstery. drap-
cries. hanginGs. Oriental utensils, etc.
ne loved to have about him can b1
traced. and even the minutcst arCh@o-
logical examination falls. except i'm gen
cral outline. to reveal the adjustment Of
the different apartments. II was there
fore decided. very wisely. instead Of
aiming at an unattainablc historical ex-
aCtitudc and producing a gUdSi-Rcm-
hrandtesquc effect In cXtornals. To let
the spirit of tho man and artist speak
IN his work-etchings and drawings to
begin with According to locality. two
distinct methods have been followed in
the manner of their exhibition In the
SWCfcdcmcr, or side room of small di-
mansions. they are hung on the walls
I'm separate frames; In the Schiidcrcdenicr
or painting room, where such a DISPOSE
tion would tend to fatigue the eye, they
are placed continuously on a tier in a
common frame, strictly in keeping with
llf Ndllrfbl. A'IilfT IIl1llS are ulSIliNtu
in showcases under the windows and in
the middle of the larger room. Most of
the ctchings open TO inspection i'm the
Rembrandt house are lent by DR.. Jan
Ncth. the firm of Fred. Muller d Co.
and the National cabinet of Engravings.
DR.. HOfstede de Groot and others have
lent a few drawings. setting an example
which the direction hopes that many
Will follow. 1t is also intended to col
lect a Rembrandt library in the dGtcr-
cdcWCr Ofic SncI the room set apart in
days of yore for festive purposes.
Gaining admttance. the visitor enters
the rOOrhHUS. or hall, where, as the in
Nentory of 1906 informs us. pictures by
Brouwcr, Iicvens. Hercules Scghers,
Hendrix van Antonissen and the still
more famous owner himself adorned the
walls. The &UdelCdemcr held treasures
created by the brush of Palma Vecchio.
Bassano. Lucas of Leyden. Rafael. Por-
cell. Eastman and Pinas. Ascending
staircase, we reach the kleUHe kdHfOOr,
or little Office and the EUHSfcdemcr. or
art room. once the depository of Rem
brandt's curios and objects of anti
quarian interest. OF his prints. etc His
kIcpHe and grOOfe Sckiidercdemer. the
places where he wrought his master
pieces. received probably their light
from the street; nothing shows whether
they were divided by a brick wall or a
wooden partition. with simply an open
Tassage or door. and they have been
left without any barrier between. as one
spacious chamber. Before the restora-