Art in the Making, Rembrandt

by Senior Restorer of Paintings David Bomford

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Rembrandt (1606-1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch "Golden Age." This new edition of "Art in the Making: Rembrandt" (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last 20 years, addressing problems of attribution that were hardly touched on in the original, groundbreaking edition of 1988.
Introductory essays by distinguished conservation, curatorial, and scientific specialists cover the artist's studio and working methods, the training of painters in 17th-century Holland, and Rembrandt's materials and technique. The essays are followed by handsomely illustrated catalogue entries on 27 paintings. A comprehensive bibliography provides a rich source of information about the practice of oil painting, not only for Rembrandt but for 17th-century Dutch painting in general.
  • ISBN10 0300117310
  • ISBN13 9780300117318
  • Publish Date 15 September 2006
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English