Only a petty mind an artist who at most speaks and dresses as such looks solely for people in whom he recognizes the harmonious proportions of allegorical figures. For the true artist as for the natural scientist every type is interesting and even the smallest muscle has its importance. Marcel Proust Long overlooked in Prousts posthumously published writings Chardin and Rembrandt written when he was only 24 years old not only reemphasizes the importance of visual art to his development but con