Rembrandt: The Painter Thinking

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Even right through the artist’s lifetime, recent art lovers thought to be Rembrandt van Rijn to be an exceptional artist. In this revelatory sequel to the acclaimed Rembrandt: The Painter at Work, renowned Rembrandt authority Ernst van de Wetering investigates precisely why the artist, from a very early age, was once praised by prominent connoisseurs. He argues that Rembrandt, from his very first endeavors in painting, embarked on a journey past the entire foundations of the art of painting that, consistent with (up until now misinterpreted) recent written sources, were thought to be essential in the seventeenth century. Rembrandt never stopped on the lookout for solutions to the pictorial problems that confronted him; this led over the years to radical changes in course that can’t simply be attributed to stylistic evolution or natural development. In a quest as rigorous and novel as the artist’s, van de Wetering reveals how Rembrandt became the most productive painter the world had ever seen. Gorgeously illustrated all through, this groundbreaking exploration reconstructs Rembrandt’s closely guarded theories and methods, shedding new light both on the artist’s exceptional accomplishments and on the practice of painting in the Dutch Golden Age.

Published in association with Amsterdam University Press
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