Rembrandt and His Etchings

A Compact Record of the Artist's Life, His Work and his Time. With the complete Chronological List of his Etchings

Louis A. (Louis Arthur) Holman

• Publisher: Perlego
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9700000030895
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

Excerpt from Rembrandt and His Etchings: A Compact Record of the Artist's Life, His Work and His Time, With the Complete Chronological List of His Etchings

It was during the lifetime of Rembrandt (1606 1669) that much of the wonderful development of Holland took place. She had come to her great ness gradually, but by the middle of the seventeenth century she occupied a leading place among the ih dependent nations of Europe. Great discoverers, like Henry Hudson, had given her new dominions east and west, and colonization had begun. On the sea her flag was supreme; her merchant marine, going to and from her own possessions was seen in every port of the world; her admirals, Ruyter and Tromp, had won her an illustrious place forever in the annals of naval warfare. These were the days of Milton and Ben Jonson; of Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus and Richelieu of Murillo, Rubens and Van Dyck days when Holland had within her own borders such men as Barneveld, the great statesman.

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