A prolific and versatile master across three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.[3] Unlike most Dutch Masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject...
Focuses on art scenario in the European countries. Works of art displayed at the Netherlands paintings' exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum; Condition of art in Italy during the Renaissance period; Impact of establishment of national academies in Rome on art scenario in Italy.Wilkin...
Rembrandt conveys a mood of introspection in his late works-in contrast to his earlier, more theatrical pictures-and renders light, textures, and the sense of form in space with complex schemes of loose brushwork and glazes."--from "Saint Bartholomew, 1657" in Timken Museum of Art website....
In Rembrandt, Haanstra shows that it is possible to make a fascinating film, only with images from paintings. He had to travel though all over Europe to numerous museums and private owners in order to film the works of art. In the work of the great painter, Haanstra recognizes his particul...
Rembrandt (1606–1669) was arguably the finest painter of the northern Baroque period, and his intimate self‐portraits and vast historical canvases such as The Nightwatch open up the world of the seventeenth‐century Netherlands. The luxurious large‐format book highlights Rembrandt’s unique lightin...
In special cases, works of art exceed these categories. The masterpiece is the work which surpasses categorisation. The work of art of universal significance is another. Rembrandt has been positioned and repositioned in the history of art. Today, Rembrandt resides in the firmament alongside those...
Rembrandt: Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 845×660 mm, 1659 (Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection); image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington Open in new tab REMBRANDT: signature or monogram Open in new tab REMBRANDT: signature or monogram Open...
An apprenticeship followed then by the age of 20, he had his own studio and was producing works of art that would ultimately fund his residency, aged 25, in Amsterdam. There he arrived just as the Dutch were starting to trade globally; it's merchant classes now giving him an opportunity ...
Commissioned in 1642 by the mayor and leader of the civic guard of Amsterdam, Frans Banninck Cocq, to create a group portrait of his shooting company, The Night Watch is recognised as one of the most important works of art in the wo...
been deeply influenced by the Italian approach to art. Rembrandt stayed with Lastman only months, and there is no recorded reason for his leaving, but by 1625 he was back in Leiden, working with Jan Lievens, Gerard Dou, and Joris van Vliet. That year he began to sign his own works....