Rembrandt is the most famous of the seventeenth-century Dutch painters. However, there are doubts whether some paintings attributed to Rembrandt were actually painted by him. One such painting is known as attributed to Rembrandt because of its style, and

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Rembrandt is the most famous of the seventeenth-century Dutch painters. However, there are doubts whether some paintings attributed to Rembrandt were actually painted by him. One such painting is known as attributed to Rembrandt because of its style, and indeed the representation of the woman’s face is very much like that of portraits known to be by Rembrandt. But there are problems with the painting that suggest it could not be a work by Rembrandt. First, there is something inconsistent about the way the woman inthe portrait is dressed. She is wearing a white linen cap of a kind that only servants would wear-yet the coat she is wearing has a luxurious fur collar that no servant could afford. Rembrandt, who was known for his attention to the details of his subjects’ clothing, would not have been guilty of such an inconsistency.

Second, Rembrandt was a master of painting light and shadow, but in this painting these elements do not fit together. The face appears to be illuminated by light reflected onto it from below. But below the face is the dark fur collar, which would absorb light rather than reflect it. So the face should appear partially in shadow-which is not how it appears. Rembrandt would never have made such an error.

Finally, examination of the back of the painting reveals that it was painted on a panel made of several pieces of wood glued together. Although Rembrandt often painted on wood panels, no painting known to be by Rembrandt uses a panel glued together in this way from several pieces of wood. For these reasons the painting was removed from the official catalog of Rembrandt’s paintings in the 1930s.

In the reading, the author claims that there are doubt about several painting which whether they are actually painted by Rembrandt, the well-known painter of the seventeenth-century Dutch, or nor by pointing out three reasons of support. However, finding all the ideas questionable and implausible, the lecturer presents some evidence to the contrary.

At first, the author argues that there are some inconsistency in the works specially clothing, but Rembrandt is known for focusing on the details of his subject's clothing and he would not have been guilty for this inconsistency. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that for increasing the value of the painting, after Rembrandt, they have added some thing to the portraits. According to her, this portrate is not the original one.

In addition, the reading holds the view that light and shadow in these painting do not fit together, so these painting are not attributed to Rembrandt who is the master artists of light and shadow. On the other hand, the lecturer disputes this point by clarifying the fact that this is because of the color of clothes that illuminate color in the portrate.

Finally, the author asserts that the paitings are painted in several woods that glued together and none of the Rembrandt's works use a panel made of several pieces of wood as the last point for supporting the idea that these painting are not recognized as Rembrandt's work. The lecturer, though, dismisses it by pointing out that actually the painting are painted on a single piece of wood which is form of a tree that another works also are painted on it. As she states like the portrate with a hat.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 49, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'inconsistencies'?
Suggestion: inconsistencies
..., the author argues that there are some inconsistency in the works specially clothing, but Re...
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Line 3, column 355, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[2]
Message: Did you mean 'something'?
Suggestion: something
...nting, after Rembrandt, they have added some thing to the portraits. According to her, thi...
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Line 7, column 456, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...t another works also are painted on it. As she states like the portrate with a hat...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, finally, first, however, if, so, well, in addition, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1380.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 279.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94623655914 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08696624509 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72410394118 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530465949821 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 410.4 419.366225166 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 71.6743329233 49.2860985944 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 138.0 110.228320801 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.9 21.698381199 129% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.2 7.06452816374 144% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.362389748808 0.272083759551 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11944425898 0.0996497079465 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.100995060404 0.0662205650399 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206954829707 0.162205337803 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0742178576813 0.0443174109184 167% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.3589403974 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 53.8541721854 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 11.0289183223 114% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.73 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.2 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 63.6247240618 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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