Much water had flowed under Burgomaster Six's bridge since Rembrandt painted _The Anatomy Lesson_.

Then he was the obedient student.

Now he was an acknowledged master.

He painted _The Sortie of the Company of Frans Banning Cocq_ as an artist who was profoundly interested in problems of light and shade, with strong views as to the composition of a picture, not as a methodical and mediocre painter desirous of carrying out the commission in a way to please his patrons.

They wanted a presentment of the face and figure of each member of the company who had subscribed a hundred florins.
Rembrandt gave them a work of art.