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摘要

Rembrandt and Caravaggio have long been spoken of in the same breath. One 18th-century writer called Caravaggio "the Rembrandt of Italy", while another described the Dutch painter as "the Caravaggio from beyond the Alps". Lord Clark, a former director of London's National Gallery, remarked on the striking connection, identifying their dramatic use of light and dark and their rebellion against classical ideals of beauty. Clark spent a lifetime looking at pictures, often in his own halls. The National Gallery owns both Rembrandt's "Belshazzar's Feast" and Caravaggio's "Supper at Emmaus", two of the paintings that most reveal the affinity between these barons of the Baroque.