SHARING WITH ME

I wonder how many people would contest a Rembrandt painting? There are so many stories, anecdotes about Rembrandt that after a while, the common mortal like me can get a little lost. The exhibition « Rembrandt Intime » has been on since the 16th of September at the Jaquemart-André which is not my favorite place for a « blockbuster exhibition ». The rooms are really small and once there are a couple fo groups going through, you are crushed to pieces. I got there at a reasonable hour this morning, no queues. I couldn’t believe my eyes. What I came up against once inside was impossible. Push, push, so I waited… The first of my conferences this year there had been an extremely interesting one on this exhibition. So many of the Rembrandt pictures are contested today that it’s nice to know that 99% of his etchings are his…and those I have always loved most. The first time I discovered them was with my Mother sometime in the 80’s. I couldn’t get over the simplicity and yet the empathy which s