Dutch painters of the nineteenth century. With biographical notices (1898)
Rooses, Max, 1839-1914. ed · London, S. Low, Marston and Company · leaf 289
ear, is the skull-cap which he always wears. This capis a sort of thermometer and indi-cates without fail the state of histemper. If he is telling an amusing-story—one of those which makeshim smile himself—he pushes thislittle cap gently about on his head,smoothing and patting it; if in anangry… … Study of a tree. (1S50). happens to fix it. Should the master be seeking for something, either aforgotten word or a difficult meaning, a memorandum or what not, then thelittle brown cap seeks for it too. It is not a moment in repose until thedifficulty is overcome. If the mislaid paper is hunted…
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