The Tension Between Public and Private Life

Rembrandt's painting of Saul and David is a great story that some art dealer at some point thought he could make more money by selling to Rembrandt. And in some ways, the art has a way of cutting in and helping us connect to the motion of the story in ways that commentators struggle to doSometimes it takes something like Rembrandt's work and you suddenly realize Rembrandt is being a commentator on this story.