. Rembrandt and his works: comprising a short account of his life; with a critical examination into his principles and practice of design, light, shade, and colour. Illustrated by examples from the etchings of Rembrandt . under review. Rembrandt Van Rhyn, the subject of this memoir, was born in the year1606, between Leydendorp and Koukerk, in the neighbourhood of Leyden,on the Rhyn, but certainly not in a mill, as there is no habitable dwelling inthe one now known as his fathers. My excellent young friend, Mr. E. , whose works breathe the true spirit of the best of the Dutch school,in a
. Rembrandt and his works: comprising a short account of his life; with a critical examination into his principles and practice of design, light, shade, and colour. Illustrated by examples from the etchings of Rembrandt . under review. Rembrandt Van Rhyn, the subject of this memoir, was born in the year1606, between Leydendorp and Koukerk, in the neighbourhood of Leyden,on the Rhyn, but certainly not in a mill, as there is no habitable dwelling inthe one now known as his fathers. My excellent young friend, Mr. E. , whose works breathe the true spirit of the best of the Dutch school,in a letter upon this subject, says— My dear Sir, I send you another sketch of the mill; the picture, including thedoorzigte, or view out of the window, I painted on the spot, and that pictureis now in the possession of the King of Holland, having taken it back withme to show him. The mill was a magazine for powder during the Spanishinvasion; it was soon after converted into a corn mill, and was in the pos-session of Hernan Geritz Van Rhyn when his son Rembrandt was born; itis situated at Koukerk, on the old Rhyn, near Leyden. I hope you willcorrect the vulgar error that Rembrandt was born in a mill. There are often. REMBRANDT. 3 dwelling houses attached to water-mills, such as we have in England; butin Holland, not such a structure as a water-mill, with water-power; thewater-mills there are only draining mills, such as we have in Lincolnshire,Norfolk, &c. Surely the noise and movement of a wind-mill would ill accordwith the confinement of any lady, especially the mother of so glorious afellow as Rembrandt. For the honour of such association I hope you willnot omit my name in the work, for I painted three pictures of that preciousrelic. Yours, &c. E. W. Cooke. The mill now known as the one possessed by Rembrandts father is builtof stone, with an inscription, and Rembrandt in gold letters, over thedoor. The one etched by his eminent son is a wooden structure, whichmust have long s
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