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To the immediate left is a pen
and ink copy I made of a
self-portrait etching
Rembrandt made of himself in
1639, at the beginning of his
career. Fittingly, it was my
first submission to the annual
Fakes and Forgeries show at
Spring Bull Gallery in Newport.
The original etching by
Rembrandt is at the upper far
left, with a detail of that same
etching immediately below.
Unfortunately, I didn't have
that image available to me at
the time I did my "fake," Mine
was done from a reproduction
on the cover of an old
paperback biography of
Rembrandt. It's pictured in
color below. Copying artists
whose style you admire is an
excellent learning tool. While
daunting and humbling, the
results are very useful in
developing technique.
and ink copy I made of a
self-portrait etching
Rembrandt made of himself in
1639, at the beginning of his
career. Fittingly, it was my
first submission to the annual
Fakes and Forgeries show at
Spring Bull Gallery in Newport.
The original etching by
Rembrandt is at the upper far
left, with a detail of that same
etching immediately below.
Unfortunately, I didn't have
that image available to me at
the time I did my "fake," Mine
was done from a reproduction
on the cover of an old
paperback biography of
Rembrandt. It's pictured in
color below. Copying artists
whose style you admire is an
excellent learning tool. While
daunting and humbling, the
results are very useful in
developing technique.
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