II. ISRAEL BLESSING THE SONS OF JOSEPH PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL III. THE ANGEL RAPHAEL LEAVING THE FAMILY OF TOBIT PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE IV. THE RAT KILLER PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON V. THE PHILOSOPHER IN MEDITATION PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE VI. THE GOOD SAMARITAN PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON VII. THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL VIII. CHRIST PREACHING PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON IX. CHRIST AT EMMAUS PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE X. PORTRAIT OF SASKIA PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL XI. THE SORTIE OF THE CIVIC GUARD PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE XII. PORTRAIT OF JAN SIX PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON XIII. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MAISON AD. BRAUN & CIE XIV. THE SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH GUILD PICTURE FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANZ HANFSTAENGL XV. THE THREE TREES PICTURE FROM ORIGINAL ETCHING IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF REMBRANDT (_See Frontispiece_) PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES AND FOREIGN WORDS * * * * * INTRODUCTION I. ON REMBRANDT'S CHARACTER AS AN ARTIST