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A painting of a saucy 17th-century game has been officially attributed to Rembrandt

By Martin Bailey

LONDON. A painting bought by the National Gallery of Ireland as the work of a minor Dutch artist has been identified as an early Rembrandt. “La main chaude”, depicting a popular 17th-century game, was acquired in 1896 for £20, as by Haarlem artist Willem de Poorter. With the blessing of the Rembrandt Research Project, the panel has now been accepted as by the master, and it goes on show in Kassel on 3 November, in an exhibition on “The Mystery of the Young Rembrandt”.

“La main chaude” is a game in which a blindfolded player is smacked on the bottom and has to guess who has administered the slap. According to Professor Ernst van de Wetering, head of the Amsterdam-based project, the reason why earlier scholars dismissed the Dublin picture was its subject matter. “Because there are virtually no known painted genre works by Rembrandt, it had not been accepted as one of his works.” Instead it has been variously attributed to Gerrit Dou, the Leiden School, Jan Lievens and, most recently, School of Rembrandt.

Professor van de Wetering made the new attribution for several reasons. The oak panel has now been dated by dendrochronology to about 1624 and the men in the picture are wearing clothing of a short-lived fashion of 1628-9. Rembrandt would then have been around 26, and working in Leiden. X-rays have revealed an image beneath of a bust portrait which appears to be in his style. Finally, considerable work on the Rembrandt’s early years has been undertaken for the exhibition, and stylistically the Dublin panel now appears to fit much better into his oeuvre. “Young Rembrandt” runs at Schloss Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel until 27 January and moves to the Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam, from 20 February to 26 May 2002. “La main chaude” will then be returning in glory to the National Gallery of Ireland.

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( oil on oak panel , 20 x 26 cm )

[ Rembrandt HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (July 15, 1606 Leiden -- Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam ) ]

Max Ernst ( 1891-1976 ) : created his oil-painting "The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter" in 1926, in Paris. The three persons, including himself, watching the action in the foreground are members of the French Surrealistic Movement. Three years ago Ernst had already presented 16 contemporary Surrealist painters on "The Friends' Rendezvous", including de Chirico, Aragon and many more.

"The Virgin Spanking..." is based on a classical motif in art-history: Venus punishs Amor (Cupid). There are references to sexual involvements and traumatic experiences hidden in the motif of Venus and Amor, found in this scene of a mother with her naked child. But the Christian title of the painting (and the two actors' names: the Virgin, Christ Child) tell us, that this scene is a requital with the severe and orthodox Catholic education in his childhood as well. The disrespectful and somewhat blasphemous treatment of the relationship between the two most important figures in Catholicism was quite typical for the Dadaist movement--and a scandal at that time.

( Worker being punished, from the tomb of Menna , L.Casson Ancient Egypt )

Artist : Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Title: The Spanking
Size: Approx. 13 ⁷/₈ x 10 ¹/₄ inches
Edition : Verve #29-30, Paris 1954
Medium: Lithograph
Signed : Hand Signed by Picasso

( The Royal Joke or Black Jacks Delight 1788 , C1908 print , James Gillray ( 1757-1815 ) . A satirical look at the goings on of the then Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert . )

( Print c1928 - 15x19 Cms of Mauron ( Paul Mauron 1848 - 1931 ? ) , 19th centaury English artist . )

This was used in the Erotic Print Society's publication " The Illustrative Art of Lynn Paula Russell " published in 1997 .

Corporal punishment may be out-of-favour as a method for discipline these days , but there is something to be said about a giving a few well-intentioned smacks on the rounded bottom of a misbehaving young lady of legal age ! Especially if said young lady makes the request in writing , in triplicate , and with several highly-aroused witnesses in attendance ! It's an all-new Gallery Girls series , this time making an educated study of the art of the upturned bottom ! An international array of artists take turns ( " Thank you sir ! May I have another ! " ) illustrating the fun-filled fantasy of cheek heating ! Paddles , sticks , spoons , rulers , bare hands - whatever it takes to get the point across to the offending hindquarter , Spanking Tails will provide instruction !