There’s been much speculation about if Rembrandt and you may Baruch *Spinoza understood both. New denial one Rembrandt try Spinoza’s drawing teacher could have been rejected. Of a lot students provides advertised to see good likeness from Spinoza into the drawings of the Rembrandt, yet alleged identifications enjoys stayed very questionable. Discover possible that a couple have fulfilled in the where you can find Manasseh ben Israel, who was certainly Spinoza’s coaches, or on family away from Spinoza’s Latin teacher, Dr. Frans van den Emden, in which one of Rembrandt’s college students try a great lodger, or on meetings off Collegiants and you will Mennonites that philosopher sporadically attended. (more…)