Skira Rizzoli | ISBN:0847836851 | File Type: PDF, 224 pages | File size: 33.Mb | Oct. 25th, 2011
Artists: Collecting and Connoisseurship ublished on the occasion of a major exhibition bringing together the best Rembrandt paintings from American collections The great seventeenth century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the most important painters in the history of European art This richly illustrated volume gathers some fifty of the finest paintings by the Dutch master and his followers from private and public collections across America including the National Gallery of Art in Washington D C and The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Rembrandt had an uncanny ability to depict light and shadow and to capture the emotions of his sitters In addition to his portraits he is also known for historical scenes Highlighting the authentic Rembrandts in America during the late nineteenth century s Gilded Age a time when American tycoons ctivated a passion for collecting European masterpieces the book also features fifteen to twenty works that were originally attributed to the master s hand but are now recognized as paintings by his successors contemporary followers and later imitators An introduction focusing on Rembrandt as a ctural phenomenon is followed by essays devoted to his life the controversy associated with his workshop and the pursuit of Rembrandt in America ublished in association with the Cleveland Museum of Art the North Carolina Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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