Out of the shadows: far from playing second fiddle to Rembrandt, Jan Lievens was a virtuoso innovator in his own right throughout his long career, as an exhibition in Washington demonstrates.(EXHIBITIONS)

Apollo | January 1, 2009| | Copyright

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On 6 December 2007, the London dealer Johnny Van Haeften purchased a newly discovered painting by Jan Lievens, Old Man Holding a Skull (Fig. 1), for 2.1m [pounds sterling] at Christie's, setting a record price for the artists work at auction. Soon thereafter, he arranged for a careful cleaning of this vanitas image-cum-portrait--according to an inventory dated 1640, the formidably solemn figure it depicts was the keeper of a Leiden almshouse--and the magnificent results, revealing the full vibrancy of the flesh tones and the bold handling of ...

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