In the early 1660s Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn, bleary-eyed and improvident, set up his easel to paint Hendrickje Stoffels as Juno, swathing her in paste jewels and the rich worn old velvets he loved so well. As patrons of the current cinema Rembrandt will recall (TIME, Dec. 14), Hendrickje was his housekeeper and mistress. Rembrandt died a pauper, was forgotten for generations, was rediscovered and has now become among the highest priced and most frequently forged of all Old Masters. Last week it was made known that another Rembrandt, just discovered, had...
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