Rembrandt, quest of a genius / Ernst van de Wetering; with contributions by Michiel Franken [and others]; editor, Bob van den Boogert

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

Zwolle Amsterdam: Waanders Publishers; The Rembrandt House Museum, 2006. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #317409
ISBN: 9040081670

Physical description: 255 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm. Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, 1 April -- 2 July 2006, and with the exhibition title 'Rembrandt: ein Genie auf der Suche' at the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 4 August - 5 November 2006. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Searching geniuses in Rembrandt's country / Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann -- Rembrandt, a biography / Ernst Van de Wetering -- Are you a Mennonite, Papist, Arminian, or beggar? Art, religion and Rembrandt / Volker Manuth -- Rembrandt as a searching artist / Ernst Van de Wetering -- Traditional and groundbreaking: Rembrandt's iconography / Christian Tu?mpel -- Learning by imitation: copying paintings in Rembrandt's workshop / Michiel Franken -- Rembrandt's oil studies: new light on an old problem / Ernst Van de Wetering -- Rembrandt then and now. Art criticism and connoisseurship / Jan Kelch -- Rembrandt's art: attempting an objective evaluation / Ernst Van de Wetering. Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606-1669; Exhibitions. Painting Technique History. Genre:
Bibliography. Catalogue.
Illustrated.

Price: €120.00