Reading Passage - Rembrandt

The reading passage proclaims that some paintings are not attributed by Rembrandt because there are several mistakes that Rembrandt would never make on the paintings. However, the listening passage totally disagree the perspective belonging to the reading passage, and it claims the painting is created by Rembrandt based on several evidence.

Initially, the reading passage upholds that the woman's dressing in the portrait is not appropriate for her social standard and Rembrandt who cares a lot about details of clothing would never make this kind of mistake. However, the listening passage provides the truth that the painting has some later improvement by others based on the age of the pigments, and in the original painting, the clothing and the collar are matching. As a result, the listening passage deems that the painting is created by Rembrandt.

What is more, the reading passage considers that as a master of painting light and shadow, Rembrandt would not make the mistakes on paintings. However, the listening passage demonstrates that in the original painting, the woman wears the light blue clothes and illuminate the face of the woman, and this is why the face is not partially in shadow. As a consequence, it is undeniable that Rembrandt did not make the mistakes on painting light and shadow which proves that the painting is attributed by Rembrandt.

In addition, the reading passage deems that Rembrandt would never utilize a panel made of several pieces of wood. However, the listening passage totally disagrees the viewpoint of the reading passage because Rembrandt was trying to enlarge the painting, and make the painting more valuable and grand. Also, the estimation of the pieces of wood proves that these pieces comes from a single tree. As a result, it is obvious that the painting is created by Rembrandt.

In a nutshell, the reading passage and the listening passage have the different opinions about whether the painting is attributed to Rembrandt. Bothe of them provide the solid evidence in order to prove the accuracy of their own perspectives.