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embrandt,
Five Decades of Collecting
An Exhibition c> Sale at Park West Gallery
Jews in the Synagogue
1648, 2 78" x 5 1/s"
Etching on laid paper, signed in the plate, upper left.
Self Portrait in a Flat Cap
and Embroidered Dress
Joseph Telling His Dreams
1638, 4 3/8" x 3 1/4"
Etching on laid paper. Signed and dated in
the plate, lower left.
Sale Ends November 27
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In many ways, Rembrandt's etchings and
engravings are more important than his
paintings, in that he revolutionized a medium
that was in his day simply a copyist's tool.
Rembrandt painted portraits to sustain himself
financially. He made etchings and engravings for
his personal pleasure, to extend the potential of
the medium, and to feed his desire for continual
creativity. He carried with him a copper plate as
most artists carry a sketch book.
Rembrandt was the great master of the Baroque
Age, a time known for a dramatic use of light and
shadow (chiaroscuro). He is considered by many
to be the most innovative and influential etcher
and engraver of all time. He created more than
300 during his lifetime, many of which he labored
over obsessively, often resulting in multiple
states, or variations in the evolution of an image.
Scholars have divided his etching and engraving
output into different categories according to
subject. Each reveals a different facet of
Rembrandt's personality. His portraits, including
his self portraits, reveal the complexity of his
psychology and reveal his general moods over
the years. His many religious works demonstrate
a vast knowledge of both testaments, while his
beggar and genre scenes are still being analyzed
for their meaning and intent. Rembrandt's
contributions to the medium of etching and
engraving have inspired countless artists,
including many of the most important of all time
like Goya, Whistler, Chagall, and Picasso. More
than three-hundred and fifty years later, his
etchings and engravings continue to astonish us
in their virtuosity, insight, and dramatic presence.
1642, 3 sis" x 2 '/2"
Etching on laid paper, signed in the
plate, upper left.
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1606 - Rembrandt
Rembrandt's Life.
Harmenszoon van Rijn born in Leiden. 1620 -
Enrolled at Leiden University. ca . 1621 - Studied
with the Leiden painter Jacob van Swanenburg.
1624-25 - Studied with the painter Pieter Lastman
in Amsterdam. 1625 - Returned to Leiden and set
up his own studio. 1631 - Moved permanently to
Amsterdam. 1634 - Married Saskia van
Uyenburgh. 1639 - Moved with Saskia into the
house on the Breestraat, the present Rembrandt
House. 1641 - Son Titus born. Saskia dies
shortly after never fully recovering from his birth.
Hendrickje Stoffels enters the household
eventually becoming Rembrandt's common law
wife. 1660 - Rembrandt moved to the
Rozengracht. 1668 - Titus married, but died in the
autumn of the same year. 1669 - Rembrandt died
and was buried in the Westerkerk.
Morris Shapiro
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