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Rembrandt : the complete drawings and etchings
Title:
Rembrandt : the complete drawings and etchings
Author:
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Hinterding, Erik.

Schatborn, Peter.

Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
ISBN:
9783836575447
Publication Information:
Cologne : Taschen, 2019.
Physical Description:
755 p. : ill. (some color) ; 41 cm
Abstract:
Rembrandt's drawings display his emotional state with a candor unseen in other works. They function as a repository for his unfiltered feelings and perspectives of the world that surrounded him. Be it through haunting sketches of his first wife in the grips of a fatal case of tuberculosis, simple scenes of street life, or studies of elephants and tigers, Rembrandt communicates his feverish thirst for images, and his ability to represent these through the lens of his immediate emotional state. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of the artist's death and published in tandem with an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum of unprecedented scale, this stunning XXL monograph is the complete collection of Rembrandt's works on paper. Through the 700 drawings, brilliantly printed in color for the first time, and 313 etchings in pristine reproduction, we explore Rembrandt's keen eye, deft hand, and boundless depth of feeling like never before; and above all, we witness that he was far more than just a painter.
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Subject:
Etching, Dutch -- 17th century -- Catalogs.
Drawing -- Netherlands -- 17th century -- Catalogs.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Catalogues raisonnés.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Exhibitions.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Catalogs.
Summary:
Rembrandt's drawings display his emotional state with a candor unseen in other works. They function as a repository for his unfiltered feelings and perspectives of the world that surrounded him. Be it through haunting sketches of his first wife in the grips of a fatal case of tuberculosis, simple scenes of street life, or studies of elephants and tigers, Rembrandt communicates his feverish thirst for images, and his ability to represent these through the lens of his immediate emotional state. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of the artist's death and published in tandem with an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum of unprecedented scale, this stunning XXL monograph is the complete collection of Rembrandt's works on paper. Through the 700 drawings, brilliantly printed in color for the first time, and 313 etchings in pristine reproduction, we explore Rembrandt's keen eye, deft hand, and boundless depth of feeling like never before; and above all, we witness that he was far more than just a painter.