Nose of the man who was nought like the nasoes

Acc. to R. M. Bollettieri Bosinelli, this phrase refers to Rembrandt and the prominent nose he sports in his self-portraits. She goes on to quote several further examples of alleged references to the painter and to the 'chiaroscuro' in the next section.

• naso (Italian): nose

• Publius Ovidius Naso: Full name of the Roman poet Ovid