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"Rembrandt’s Treasures"
1999-09-25 until 2000-01-09
Rembrandt House
Amsterdam, , NL Netherlands

The exhibition is being staged in the new wing of the Rembrandt House, where visitors will see about a hundred paintings, prints, drawings and objets d’art. Many of these objects can be found in paintings, drawings and prints by Rembrandt. Although collecting works of art was Rembrandt’s hobby, he also used his collection as inspiration for his own work and as study material for his pupils. The works of artists like Andrea Mantegna, Titian, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Lucas van Leyden, Albrecht Dürer and Rubens were a particular source of inspiration for him. Their influence becomes evident when their work is displayed alongside Rembrandt’s. The paintings that Rembrandt had on his walls at the time of his bankruptcy, and in which he dealt, are also part of the exhibition. They include works by Adriaen Brouwer, Porcellis, Hercules Seghers, Jan Lievens and Peter Paul Rubens.

Rubens will be represented by a major work, on loan from Dresden, illustrating the story of Hero and Leander. It hung in Rembrandt’s house for many years before he sold it on in 1644. Another masterpiece is a painting by Rembrandt, now in the Prado in Madrid, portraying his wife, Saskia, as Artemis. Regarded as one of Rembrandt’s most beautiful paintings, it has never been exhibited in the Netherlands before.

The design of the exhibition will give the visitor a surprising insight into an aspect of Rembrandt’s art that has not previously received the attention it merits. Works of art and objects from many collections in the Netherlands and elsewhere will be on loan to the Rembrandt House for the occasion. At the same time, visitors will be able to admire the Cabinet in Rembrandt’s house in its original setting, furnished as far as possible with seventeenth-century objects to give a magnificent impression of Rembrandt’s art collection.


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