There is something of Rembrandt in the Gospel, or something of the Gospel in Rembrandt, as you like it — it comes to the same, if one only understands the thing in the right way. - Vincent van Gogh. In the museum he [Vincent van Gogh] knew where to find what interested him most; he took me chiefly to the Van Goyens, the Bols and the Rembrandts; he spent the longest time in front of the “Jewish Bride”; I could not tear him away from the spot; he went and sat down there at his ease, while I myself went on to look at some other things. “You will find me here when you come back,” he told me. When I came back after a pretty long while and asked him whether we should not get a move on, he gave me a surprised look and said, “Would you believe it - and I honestly mean what I say - I should be happy to give ten years of my life if I could go on sitting here in front of this picture for a fortnight, with only a crust of dry bread for food?” At last he got up. “Well, never mind,” he said, “we cant stay here forever, can we?”
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:53:40 +0000
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