FILE: 49_Portrait of Nicholaes Ruts_Rembrandt.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Portrait of Nicholaes Ruts - BAROQUE PERIOD IN HOLLAND

DESCRIPTION: REMBRANDT. Category: PORTRAIT. Rembrandt was master of "verisimilitude" = absolute realism, achieving closest proximity to what the eye would see. He could do this, PLUS add person's personality w/ subtle facial expression. NOT Caravagesque because patron wants it bright. Shadows are warm.