The Crusader  1661

[i]Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The Crusader"[/i] [br] Surrounded by darkness, a face lights up the canvas. The sitter may simply have been a random person whom Rembrandt met in the streets of Amsterdam, inviting him back to his studio to model. [b]Shades of light[/b] The face is a study in light. Rembrandt used a five-step process to paint all the...