| ABUST | 1653 Rembrandt painting, Aristotle with _ ___ of Homer |
| ARISTOTLE | Philosopher depicted contemplating a bust of Homer in a 1653 Rembrandt painting |
| BUSTOFHOMER | What Aristotle contemplates in a Rembrandt painting |
| LAZARUS | "The Raising of ___" (Rembrandt painting) |
| THEANATOMYLESSON | ___ of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, Rembrandt painting (3,7,6) |
| NIGHTWATCH | Rembrandt painting, with "The" |
| NIGHT | The --- Watch, a Rembrandt painting on prominent display in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum (5) |
| ASS | Balaam and the ___, Rembrandt painting (3) |
| THENIGHTWATCH | Rembrandt painting |
| BATHSHEBA | Rembrandt painting (1654) |
| ATHERBATH | Rembrandt painting (1654) |
| GOODGRACE | With ___ ___ : with a show of willingness ? (4,5) |
| IZAAK | First name of Walton, author of The Compleat Angler in 1653 (5) |
| CROMWELL | Surname of the Lord Protector of England 1653-1658 (8) |
| THISRING | In 3.2, Portia gives much to Bassanio with a stipulation: "I give them with ___ ___ Which, when you part from, lose or give away, Let it presage the ruin of your love, And be my vantage to exclaim on |
| ABANG | Go out with _ ___ (Depart with flair) |
| ANE | With ___ '_' (How Miss Shirley of Green Gables spells her first name) |
| OILS | Rembrandt paintings |
| OLIVER | --- Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653-8 (6) |
| TAJMAHAL | Ivory-white marble mausoleum in India which was completed in 1653 and is considered one of the best architectural masterpieces of the world: 2 wds. |
