Feud limiting and ending conflicts between individuals and groups who are related by kinship, as described by anthropologist Max Gluckman in his article "The Peace in the Feud" in 1955. A blood feud is a feud with a cycle of retaliatory violence, with the relatives of someone who has been killed or otherwise wronged or dishonored seeking vengeance by killing or otherwise physically punishing the culprits or their relatives. In the English-speaking world, the Italian word vendetta is used to mean a blood feud, but in reality it means (personal) "vengeance" or "revenge", originating from the Latin "vindicta" (vengeance), while the
Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family a few pairs of pendant portraits by Rembrandt have survived. This pair came into the collection via the Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer bequest in 1929. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1914, who wrote; "624. A MAN OF THE VAN BERESTEYN -VUCHT FAMILY. Dut. 248 ; Wb. 344 ; B.-HdG. 82. Three-quarter length; life size. About fifty. He stands, inclined a little to the right, and looks straight before him. He is bare-headed ; he has grey hair, combed up high, and a pointed beard. He lays his right hand on his breast ; his gloved left