The lecture revises the idea presented in the text, that Rembrandt was not the artist who painted
the famous painting "Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet”.
The inconsistency between the white cap, which identifies the woman as a servant, and the
expensive fur collar she wears dissolves as the Professor explains that the fur collar was
apparently painted over the original painting to increase its worth by displaying an aristocratic
woman.
In addition, the assumption that light and shadow in the painting do not fit together is refuted by
the fact that in the original painting, the woman wears a light cloth that illuminated her face. Thus
the presentation of light and shadow was indeed very realistic and accurate, as it is characteristic
of Rembrandt’s paintings.
Finally, the mystery of the panel consisting of patches glued together is also solved in the lecture.
Actually, the wood panel was later enlarged to make it more grand and valuable, but the original
painting was painted on a single panel, as Rembrandt would have done it. Furthermore, the wood
is of the same tree used in other Rembrandt paintings, like the "Self-Portrait with a Hat”.
All this information points to Rembrandt as the painter of the controversial painting.
分析：大家发现没有，这篇满分文有两个特点：1.行文简洁明了，没有模板的痕迹。2.每段以professor的观点起头，重点放在听力的内容里。大概就是这样了，能取得119的成绩实在是让我受宠若惊。总之英语能力的提升，就好比“冰冻三尺非一日之寒”，需要长期的积累。”
