Excerpt from Popular Tales and Romances

Rembrandt's reputation was solidly established in 1646. Magnificent engravings, made by himself, had popularised his original and fantastic manner throughout Europe. Every one of his productions was a progress in art, the admirable skillfulness of the chiaroscuro - the strange contrast of light and shadow, tho perspective of shade, of which he alone had explored tho mysterious depths, justified the enthusiasm of his numerous partisans.

It would be difficult to trace out the course of Rembrandt's genius, and to follow it through its successive developments. The fact is, that tho eye of this artist was specially formed for seizing an object better through the half-tints of twilight than in the dazzling glare of open daylight.

He enjoyed darkness.

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