Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-27
Description of Some of the Gems OF the Collection Together
With Short Sketch OF the Master Painters Who
Created These Art Treasures.


the light. forgetting for an instant the
painters art, for the light on the figure
on the cross seems like n strong ray
of sunshine. The cross is being raised
and the face Of Christ shows the az
ony as the weight of the body strains
the muscles OF the arms; Il delicate
stream of blood pouYs from tho
wounds, the eyes are upturncd. ana
the lips seem to be moving in prayer.
All about are Roman soldiers painted
with so much expression that one
can in fancy hear the mumbline
voices as the crucified Saviour Of men
Is raised on the cross. Turning to
the companion picture one notices the
changed expression of the Christ. The
agony of death has passed and look
OF peace has come over the palid
face. Tho limp form crumples as the
men standing on ladders lift the body
TO the ground. only Il few persons
remain to watch the men at their
work. The expression OF their faces.
too, is changed. II is toward evening
and the light on the cross is weaker.
making the mon in the background
appear as shadows.
! Rembrandt was merely the baptis-
NAL name Of the master painter, his
! full name being Rembrandt fllrmous-
zoon. lie was born at Lcydon N
1907, End WAS tho son of - wcll-to-
/ do baker. AT tho ago az twelve lie
! began to study painting under tho va
! rious masters, returning to his fathers
house in 1923. He began his career
as an ctcher. one of his FIRST works
in this line being that Of Christ Pre-
cd in the Tcmple-the first of n
wonderful series of pictures i'm which
tho artists individuality in facial ov-
preston was shown. He had already
| become n close student of the Bible
and etched and painted his Biblical
characters after the verses of the Holy
Book. His mother was deeply re-
ligious and under her tutelage he read
and studied the Bible. lie loved ma
turc. and with his sister he used 10
wander through the fields studvin 2
the different flowers After while he
went to Amsterdam TO live and finally
travelled through the art centcrs of
Europe In June of 1884 he married a
young woman of Fr'csland and after
the honeymoon settled down in n
homo In the Breedstrat then Il new
part of Amsterdam. The marriage
proved n happy one. and Rembrandt
prospered in his chosen profession.
When Prince Frederick of orange be-
came the Stakeholder he gave the artist
a number of commissions and cncour-
aged him to paint large pictures. Be
tween 1884 and 1912 he PAINTED a
large number of portraits, his work
having become tho fashion. After the
death of his wife, which occurred not
long after the birth of his son Titus
Rembrandt plunged into his work 10
drown his great sorrow and his paint
ings became more beautiful than those
paintod in the earlier DAYS.
His treatment of mankind Is full OF
human sympathy for all ages and con-
ditions, but his special study was old
age. No artist ever combined more
delicate Skill with moro energy and
power. He was one of the most pro-
life painters OF his day. his total
works numbering some five hundred
paintings, six hundred drawings and
studies and three hundred and fifty.
three etchings. lie died in 1869.
AIbrccht Durcr.
: The Lamentations for Christ, by Al
brccht Durcr, is given a prominen
. place in PinakotholS. 1t IS a large
canvas full of life and color. with
/ wonderful perspective and clear cut
, expressive figures OF excellent draw
/, ing. The dead Christ Is being sup
r ported by man. while the hol!