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Rembrandt turned from his great triumphs in his own peculiar school to portraits of unwonted power; so also did Rubens, showing that in this department his universality of conquest was not arrested.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Rembrandt turned from his great triumphs in his own peculiar school to portraits of unwonted power; so also did Rubens…”
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Sumner notes the remarkable power in the portraits created by Rembrandt and Rubens.
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