Netherlandish Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland: A Complete Catalogue

Vogelaar, Christiaan

Arts & Photography

National Gallery of Ireland

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<li>Explores all aspects of Rembrandt's early development as an artist</li>
<li>Published to coincide with the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death</li>
<li>Contains much new research into his early years</li>
<li>Publication accompanies an exhibition to be held at Lakenhal, Leiden, from November 2019 to February 2020, then at the Ashmolean from February 2020 to June 2020</li>
</ul>Young Rembrandt concentrates on the first ten years of the career of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Born in Leiden, he trained there with Isaac van Swanenburg and in Amsterdam with Pieter Lastman. After a short stay in Amsterdam he returned to Leiden and set up a studio where he began his extraordinary career, painting scenes from the Bible and classical mythology and history, as well as a handful of genre scenes and portraits. His progress is remarkable: from the earliest hesitant paintings of the Five Senses in about 1624 to the wonderfully assured Jeremiah of 1630 it is almost possible to trace his development and his increasing fluency and self-confidence from month to month and certainly from year to year.<br><br>Published to accompany exhibitions at the Lakenhal, Leiden from November 2019 to February 2020, then at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from February to June 2020.

Young Rembrandt

Van Camp, An

Brown Georgia Southern Universi, Christopher

History & Criticism

Ashmolean Museum

About half of the work Rembrandt did in Leiden consisted of paintings, etchings and drawings showing older people. In these works an old woman is frequently portrayed who has traditionally been held to be Rembrandt's mother, Neeltje Willemsdr. van Zuijdtbroek. Whether Rembrandt really depicted her or whether this is a myth which has persisted for centuries is still not clear. This book discusses the creation of this myth, which although not firmly based on facts, has been an essential part of Rembrandt's image for centuries. The works for which Rembrandt's mother was the model and which are reproduced in this book give an idea of the young artist's iconographic interests. For instance, Rembrandt depicted her as a prophetess, attentively reading a book. Sometimes she plays an active role in religious or allegorical pictures. A similar model can also be recognised in paintings by Rembrandt's friend Jan Lievens and his first pupil, Gerrit Dou. By showing the paintings of these young masters the book e

Rembrandt's Mother: Myth and Reality

Korevaar, Gerbrand

Waanders Publishers

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