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Post Tagged 'rembrandt'

The Prodigal of Leningrad

In my memories, December 31 in Leningrad, Russia, was always cold. Of course, the city has been called St. Petersburg, its pre-Revolutionary name, for much of my life, but for the almost decade that I lived there, it was Leningrad. Continue Reading...

The Loneliness of the Fortunate

“No, those who labor and are heavy-laden do not all look the way Rembrandt drew them in his ‘Hundred Guilder’ picture—poverty-stricken, miserable, sick, leprous, ragged, with worn, furrowed faces. They are also found concealed behind happy-looking, youthful faces and brilliantly successful lives. Continue Reading...