ɹᵻmbɹˈænts ˈæɹɪstˌɑːɾəl wɪð ɐ bˈʌst ʌv hˈoʊmɚ, tˈuː, ɪz ɐ sˈɛləbɹˌeɪɾᵻd wˈɜːk, ʃˈoʊɪŋ ðə nˈoʊɪŋ fɪlˈɑːsəfɚ ænd ðə blˈaɪnd hˈoʊmɚ fɹʌm ɐn ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈeɪdʒ: æz ðɪ ˈɑːɹt kɹˈɪɾɪk dʒˈɑːnəθən dʒˈoʊnz ɹˈaɪts, "ðɪs pˈeɪntɪŋ wɪl ɹᵻmˈeɪn wˈʌn ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst ænd mˈoʊst mɪstˈɪɹiəs ɪnðə wˈɜːld, ɛnsnˈɛɹɪŋ ˌʌs ɪn ɪts mˈʌsti, ɡlˈoʊɪŋ, pˈɪtʃblˈæk, tˈɛɹᵻbəl nˈɑːlɪdʒ ʌv tˈaɪm.
Rembrandt's Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, too, is a celebrated work, showing the knowing philosopher and the blind Homer from an earlier age: as the art critic Jonathan Jones writes, "this painting will remain one of the greatest and most mysterious in the world, ensnaring us in its musty, glowing, pitch-black, terrible knowledge of time.