“There are people who think that it [the Watch', in the Rijksmuseum, 1884] is placed beautifully, - it shines, it just roars like a fairground attraction - but is that the way that the greatest art ought to be exhibited? After all, it is unnecessary to add something to the already so strong [light-dark] effect and to the compressing character of the composition, but one must know, learn and feel what Rembrandt really is about. It is no fun or a shout, it is serious and broad art..”