Dutch Golden Age Treasures from Thomas Kaplan’s Leiden Collection Take Center Stage in West Palm Beach

Rembrandt’s ability to see into a person and express the stories of their lives is extraordinary. He approaches his subjects with wonder, using the brush to lead him into each subject’s soul. Just look at his early series of the five senses, the “Allegory of the Senses” paintings: character studies of quack doctors in the act of examining their patients. Painted when he was only 18, the works not only display his luscious, controlled ability with paint and color but his people are each strikingly individual...