Rembrandt's First Masterpiece the art historian Mary L

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Rembrandt's First Masterpiece the art historian Mary LA focused look into Rembrandts first masterpiece, featuring essays chronicling the paintings early history and the evolution of the artists narrative style. Rembrandts (16061669) Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver (1629), which scholars have long recognized as his first mature work, demonstrates many of the characteristics that would come to define the artists style: dramatic lighting, a rhythmic harmony of composition, and an exceptional