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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 13104769, member: 5833&quot;]The Rembrandt (flipped, brightened up)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]558813[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m struck by Esther&#039;s flat face and light hair in both paintings, but yours looks in much better condition than one would expect for something 300+ years in age.&nbsp; The punched up Rembrandt gives me the feeling of a Persian miniature; you can almost smell spice and incense.&nbsp; The beardlessness of Haman &amp; the large window showing daylight in the background grab my attention in yours.&nbsp; The light in the scene does not appear to come from the window behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>For reasons I cannot articulate, just a general gestalt, yours strikes me as more likely to be Italian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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