Saturday, 5 December 2015

People Of The Past





Finding myself watching a documentary about Rembrandt, it was a pleasant and very interesting hundred minutes covering his art, his techniques, his personal history factually and avoiding comment or theorising and covering a good deal about the Netherlands of the 17th Century.

Long takes, no noises off, no pushy presenters, experts just clipped in to talk at their own level, no flashing lights or other tricks just allowing the viewer to relax, listen and learn.

One of the paintings caught my eye.  It was said to be "Old Man In Military Costume", above.  It vaguely reminded me of someone in the news recently.

But who might it be?

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5 comments:

  1. A K Haart6 December 2015 at 16:44

    He looks like our old French teacher.

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  2. Conan the Librarian™7 December 2015 at 09:06

    Montgomery.

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  3. David Duff8 December 2015 at 12:14

    Quite right, Conan, that's Montgomery!

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  4. Jenny Woolf9 December 2015 at 10:24

    I've always had a feeling that there might be something in reincarnation. :)

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  5. Jenny Woolf9 December 2015 at 10:24

    I've always had a feeling that there might be something in reincarnation. :)

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