At the National Gallery of Art in Washington I made a study of the head of a Rembrandt portrait. I was consciously trying to think about the drawing in a way that fit what I know of Rembrandt’s drawings. So I was looking at the painting, but thinking about Rembrandt drawing and trying to imagine what an early version of the painting might have looked like — when Rembrandt was drawing in the features with his brush.
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