In a different artist’s letters, this painting is compared to François Coppée’s poem “Douleur Bercée” (“doo-LURR burr-SAY”) as an example that its artist could “make poetry — be a poet.” Jacob Zwarts argued that this painting’s subjects were intended to appear on the cover of a Spanish poetry collection by Miguel Barrios. This painting shares its title with a tronie whose subject wears large pearl earrings and rests her hands on a black picture frame on the bottom. Vincent van Gogh claimed he would give up 10 years of his life to spend two weeks viewing this painting with (*) “only a dry crust of bread to eat.” The art dealer Adriaan van der Hoop’s interpretation of a gifted necklace is the source of this 1667 painting’s common, but inaccurate title. A man in bright gold places his hand over the chest of a younger woman in a red dress in this Rijksmuseum mainstay. For 10 points, Isaac and Rebecca are the likely subjects of what tender painting by Rembrandt? ■END■
ANSWER: The Jewish Bride [or Het Joodse bruidje; accept Portrait of a Couple as Isaac and Rebecca or Isaak en Rebekka until “Isaac” is read]
<Ganon Evans, Visual Fine Arts>
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