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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together art historians, museum professionals, conservators, and conservation scientists whose work involves Rembrandt van Rijn and associated artists such as Gerrit Dou, Jan Lievens, and Ferdinand Bol. The range of subjects considered is wide: from the presentation of convincing evidence that Rembrandt and his contemporary Frans Hals rubbed elbows in the Amsterdam workshop of Hendrick Uylenburgh to critical reassessments of the role of printmaking in Rembrandt's studio, his competition with Lievens as a landscape painter, his reputation as a collector, and much more. Developed from a series of international conferences devoted to charting new directions in Rembrandt research, these essays illuminate the current state of Rembrandt studies and suggest avenues for future inquiry.
Trade Review"Given that Rembrandt studies are already voluminous, it is hard to offer new understandings of any interest without delving into speculation, and sometimes deeply researched areas are too entrenched to welcome new ideas. On the contrary, in this volume, we have intriguing arguments ... [that] present compelling contemporary support for these interpretations."
- Catherine B. Scallen,
Renaissance Quarterly Volume LXXIII, No. 1
"No serious scholar of Dutch studies can fail to consult this excellent selection of essays edited by Stephanie S. Dickey."
- Shelley Perlove, University of Michigan — Ann Arbor,
Historians of Netherlandish Art Reviews, January 2019.
"Skilfully chosen and edited by Stephanie Dickey, these papers were presented at the highly successful conferences on Rembrandt and his pupils held at Herstmonceaux Castle in recent years. This is cutting-edge Rembrandt scholarship full of valuable insights and new discoveries."
- Christopher Brown, Professor of Netherlandish Art, University of Oxford
"[This book] contains a wealth of fresh and lucidly argued insights, not only into Rembrandt's art, thinking and practice: notably, a significant place is reserved for such artists as Jan Lievens, Ferdinand Bol, Gerrit Dou, Johannes van Vliet and, unexpectedly, Frans Hals. In these thoughtful reflections on the artist and his milieu, the reader will find many generally accepted notions critically revised."
- Eric Jan Sluijter, emeritus professor of Art History at the University of Amsterdam
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Stephanie S. Dickey 1 Rembrandt and Frans Hals Painting in the Workshop of Hendrick Uylenburgh S.A.C. Dudok van Heel 2 Rembrandt and the ‘Germanic’ Style Thijs Weststeijn 3 Rembrandt and the Humanist Ideal of the Universal Painter Boudewijn Bakker 4 Curiosity and Desire: Rembrandt’s Collection as Historiographic Barometer H. Perry Chapman 5 Painted Landscapes by Lievens and Rembrandt: The View from Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Collections Jacquelyn N. Coutré 6 Jan Lievens in Antwerp: Three Rediscovered Works Stephanie S. Dickey 7 Gerrit Dou as a Pupil of Rembrandt Martin Bijl 8 A New Painting by Jan van Noordt in Budapest Ildikó Ember 9 Rembrandt's First Nude? The Recent Analysis of Susanna and the Elders from Rembrandt’s Workshop Katja Kleinert and Claudia Laurenze-Landsberg 10 Rembrandt's Head of Christ: Some Technical Observations concerning Matters of Style Arie Wallert and Michel van der Laar 11 A Rediscovered Head of John the Baptist on a Platter from Rembrandt’s Studio Lloyd DeWitt 12 Rembrandt’s One Guilder Print: Value and Invention in ‘the most beautiful [print] that ever came from the burin of this master’ Amy Golahny 13 Rembrandt, Ferdinand Bol, and Tobit: The Emergence of a Pathosträger Jan Leja 14 Biblical Iconography in the Graphic Work of Rembrandt’s Circle Peter van der Coelen 15 Jan van Vliet and Rembrandt van Rijn: Their Collaboration Reassessed Jaco Rutgers 16 Printmaking among Artists of the Rembrandt School Nadine M. Orenstein 17 Chain Line Pattern Matching and Rembrandt’s Prints C. Richard Johnson, Jr., William A. Sethares, Margaret Holben Ellis, Saira Haqqi, Reba Snyder, Erik Hinterding, Idelette van Leeuwen, Arie Wallert, Dionysia Christoforou, Jan van der Lubbe, Nadine M. Orenstein, Angela Campbell, and George Dietz About the Authors List of Illustrations Bibliography Index Nominum
