swalmius

Updated: May 6, 2025

Only four Rembrandts, the portrait of a woman, according to Vosmaer and W. Burger that of his wife Saskia; a fisherman's boy, the Burgomaster, and the Old Jew. Dr. Bode thinks that the last two are by Nikolas Maes. The portrait of Eleazer Swalmius the so-called Burgomaster Six is finely painted as to head and beard. The Antwerp Museum paid two hundred thousand francs for the work.

James Huneker - Promenades of an Impressionist