Strokes of genius; Rembrandt's brilliance magnified in MFA exhibit.(Arts and Lifestyle)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: October 24, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: JOANNE SILVER

Gazing at the face of a bearded old Dutch man, Rembrandt could imagine how the biblical patriarch Joseph might have looked. If he visualized Adam and Eve, he pictured two very real characters, earthy and a little awkward as they handled the fateful apple.

All around him, he noticed the nuances that gave life to his world. A sleeping puppy, a graceful shell, a wintry pond, a seated female nude all have roots in the everyday pageant of existence he witnessed in 17th century Holland.

No subject, perhaps, benefited from Rembrandt's powers of ...

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