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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) has long been considered one of the greatest artists in European history. His paintings have launched imitations and homages, including best-selling novels, a recent TV series, and even a handful of popular films. Now, for the first time, this lovely text by Émile Michel is paired with carefully curated selections from Rembrandt's portfolio to illuminate the history and work of this celebrated master of light.
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Publish dateJan 17, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1REMBRANDT REMBRANDT
2Image-Bar www.image-bar.com
3Content
4Index
5The Beginning of his Career
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6His Education
7First Works Done in Leyden
8false attributions.
9terror, pain, sadness, concentration, satisfaction, and anger.
10First Encouragements
11glorification of labour in an honest, industrious household.
12Amsterdam
13Self-Portrait, 1629. Etching, 17.4 x 15.4 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (p. 33)
14arose with the development of her commerce.
15equal of the most accomplished.
16A Dutch Painter
17The Theatres of Anatomy
18on the doctrine of the resurrection.
19famous indeed then in existence.
20Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (pp. 62-63).
21Achievements
22in the Mauritshuis at the Hague (1631), and the fine male portrait.
23young patricians, venerable matrons and fashionable ladies, persons of the most diverse
24A Healthy Business
25predecessors in the most hackneyed themes.
26Meeting Saskia
27Success
28The Expertise of the Master
29his design directly onto the copper.
30The Beginning of Fame
31as the Little Jewish Bride.
32hero of sacred history.
33Belshazzar’s Feast
34master’s creations.
35modifications, in a later work.
36Rembrandt’s Reputation
37Rembrandt’s Increasing Fame
38his pre-eminence.
39a number of drawings, chiefly by Adriaen Brauwer.
40jewels and display.
41eternal freshness of the greatest subjects.
42Saskia’s Death
43against the master – to the point of the painting’s destruction.
44especially the Scriptures.
45A Strenuous Twilight
46Rembrandt’s Financial Difficulties
47register of ratepayers as “almost bankrupt, and in very reduced circumstances”. Though
48heedless of a future day of reckoning.
49of chiaroscuro, or in the suggestion of a fascinating personality.
50their daughter Cornelia.
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