Rembrandt – The Masterpieces
Published on 23. Dec, 2009 in Art Essentials, New Releases
ART ESSENTIALS – In this series:
Van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Rembrandt.
Rembrandt is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. Rembrandt’s greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.
In both painting and printmaking he exhibited a complete knowledge of classical iconography, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt’s knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of Amsterdam’s Jewish population. Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called “one of the great prophets of civilization.”
This book contains many of Rembrandt’s best known masterpieces, together with complete information about date, techniques, current location or museum; each painting is also accompanied with comments by famous critics, fellow painters or the artist himself.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Rembrandt’s life
The Leiden years (1625 – 1631)
01. Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1631)
02. Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1631)
03. Simeon in the Temple (1631)
Early years in Amsterdam (1632 – 1636)
04. The Abduction of Europa (1632)
05. Portrait of Saskia (1632-1634)
06. The Philosopher in Meditation (1633)
07. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
08. Artemisia (1634)
09. Descent from the Cross (1634)
10. Belshazzar’s Feast (1635)
11. The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (c. 1635)
12. Danaë (1636)
The golden age (1637 – 1642)
13. The Angel Raphael Leaving the Family of Tobit (1637)
14. The Night Watch (1642)
15. The Mill (1645-1648)
16. Susanna and the Elders (1647)
17. Christ at Emmaus (1648)
18. Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer (1653)
19. Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654)
20. Portrait of an Old Woman 1654
The last years (1655 – 1669)
21. Jacob blessing Joseph’s second son 1656
22. Self Portrait, 1658
23. Jacob wrestling with the Angel (1659)
24. Ahasuerus and Haman at the feast of Esther (1660)
25. Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1661)
26. Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild (Dutch De Staalmeesters, 1662)
27. The Jewish Bride (1664)
Appendix
A Rembrandt timeline
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