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Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt

Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631

B.V. Waanders Uitgeverji (2000)

9040094683

| Hardcover

144 pages | 9.9 x 11.6 inch | English

$ 50.00 | Value: $ 50.00

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Dewey 709.2 REM

LC Classification ND653.R4 .A4 2000

LC Control No. 2001368543

Subject

17th Century
Painters - Netherlands - Biography
Painting - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Catalogs

Plot

If Rembrandt's career had ended in 1631, before the 25-year-old artist moved from his native town of Leiden to the booming metropolis of Amsterdam, how would history remember him? This is the theme of Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt. Rembrandt's work in Leiden was already extraordinarily creative and intensely dramatic. In the years 1629 to 1631, the artist struggled to master different genres and techniques. He worked with Jan Lievens and took his first known pupil, Gerrit Dou. By the time he decided to seek his fortune in Amsterdam, his work had already achieved a unique and profound sense of color, light, and human emotion. Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt includes contributions by Alan Chong, Arthur Wheelock, Christopher White, and Mariët Westermann.