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?

5 comments:

  1. He looks like our old French teacher.

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  2. Quite right, Conan, that's Montgomery!

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

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

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