Leyla Sanai

The golden age of Dutch art never ceases to amaze

Benjamin Moser reminds us of how freely painters borrowed each other’s subjects – and of how many of the greatest, including Rembrandt, died in poverty

‘Self-portrait with Two Circles’, by Rembrandt, 1660. [Getty Images]
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    Benjamin Moser

    Allen Lane, pp. 400, £30

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