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Re: BIG

I saw 'Nightwatch' at the Boston MFA some years ago, or at least I saw the one
with the disection/surgery happening in the middle of a group watching. It was
indeed huge and very impressive; but I did find it difficult to view. As Judy
said, lights were reflecting off it at various points, making it difficult to
see as a single event.

Pam

Lukas Werth wrote:
> 
> I remember having seen Rembrandt's 'Nightwatch' in Amsterdam, a huge
> picture, and a beautiful one - I don't remember wether it was under glass:
> a part of this picture was actually, if I remember correctly, CUT AWAY in
> some bygone century to make it fit on a certain wall.
> Here in Berlin we have 'the man with the golden helmet' - or however it is
> called in English: it is not all that big, and its authorship is contested
> nowadays, but all this does not make it less beautifull.
> 
> I think this accounts principally also for photography, though Carl is
> probably right in pointing out that one can allways paint bigger.
> 
> Lukas

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