Letter from Roger Fry to Henry Clay Frick, 30 October 1911 [page 2 of 8]
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This is not at all realistic and being very dark and subdued might be taken for a picture, but I think is certainly intended for
a view out of a window at twilight. At one time the panes of the casement were put in but Rembrandt afterward painted them over. The table at which he sits has a dull reddish cloth which harmonizes with the rich red beams of the window frame. The man's dress is a very deep greyish green, almost black, the flesh very
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This is not at all realistic and being very dark and subdued might be taken for a picture, but I think is certainly intended for
a view out of a window at twilight. At one time the panes of the casement were put in but Rembrandt afterward painted them over. The table at which he sits has a dull reddish cloth which harmonizes with the rich red beams of the window frame. The man's dress is a very deep greyish green, almost black, the flesh very
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Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934, “Letter from Roger Fry to Henry Clay Frick, 30 October 1911 [page 2 of 8],” Transcribe Frick, accessed April 27, 2024, https://transcribe.frick.org/items/show/2141.