by Jon Lackman | 25 January 2007 | Baroque/Neoclassical
From the Guardian: “It is one of a mysterious group of works that has intrigued art historians for many years. They are all sensitive character studies of predominantly New Testament figures, but it has remained unclear why they were painted. This portrayal of Saint James the Greater is the only one of Rembrandt’s late religious pictures to remain in private hands and, during preparation for its sale as the jewel in the crown of Sotheby’s Old Masters auction, the close study of its surface has shed new light on both the life of its creator and on the group of paintings to which it belongs.”
