PRESS OPINIONS
The Times, London, May 21, 1896.
No such monument has ever been erected to any painter. To attempt such a work at all, three things were necessary — photography with its modern deve- lopment, enterprise, and a critical authority as complete as Dr. Bode’s is.
The Times, London, April 14, 1897.
We commend this book as a wonderful result of modern reconstructive scho- larship, zeal, and enterprise. When the eight volumes are completed, they will be quite indispensable to every library which concerns itself with the history of art.
The Times, London, January 7, 1898.
The second of the eight volumes of this important and splendid work has just been issued by M. Sedelmeyer and is not less carefully executed than the first. The volume as a whole, like its predecessor, represents all that scholarship, care and money can do towards the erection of a worthy monument to Rem- brandt’s memory.
The Daily Chronicle, London, April 29, 1896.
These photogravures arc invaluable to students of Rembrandt and are excel- lently produced. The expense, research and energy of Mr. Sedelmeyer in making this collection must have been enormous. All we can say is that the subject is worthy of it, and happy will they be who can become owners of the costly work, which is to be issued in eight volumes.
Illustrated London News, April 25 , 1896.
I he value and beauty of this collection, which exceeds anything before at- tempted, are beyond controversy.
The Daily Telegraph, London, October 22, 1896.
The work will be a veritable monument to the genius of the very greatest of all painters.
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