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Rembrandt : The Artist as Old Man single work   poetry   "I. / 1663 / The mirrors want you"
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Rembrandt : The Artist as Old Man
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Notes

  • A poem in 5 parts, numbered using upper case roman numerals, and with each part dated 1663, 1664, 1667, 1668 and 1669 respectively.
  • Epigraph: In paintings, etchings, and drawings, Rembrandt depicted himself, in known examples, nearly a hundred times; all except a few of the earliest lack any trace of vanity. (Frederick Hartt, Art: a history of painting, sculpture, architecture)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Westerly vol. 46 November 2001 Z936558 2001 periodical issue Salt 13 2001 pg. 104-108
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