Rembrandt: A Novel

If the story of Rembrandt's life is a great subject for the novelist, it is not only because his development into one of the world's supreme painters has profound spiritual significance. His life, unlike that of most creative artists, was closely intertwined with his work; and the conflicts of family, class, marriage, children, and society that run through his turbulent career have become basic themes for Western man over the past three hundred years.