Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference - Hardcover

Bevers, Holm; Hendrix, Lee; Robinson, William W.; Schatborn, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892369787 ISBN 13: 9780892369782

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010

Synopsis

Rembrandt was the most famous painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and the opportunity to work in his studio attracted young artists for nearly four decades, until the artist’s death in 1669. This catalogue explores the workings of Rembrandt’s studio in the form of drawings made by the master himself and fifteen of his pupils. Rembrandt and his students would often depict the same subject matter as an exercise and make drawings of the same nude models.

Organized chronologically, Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference is a groundbreaking study that presents more than forty works by Rembrandt and related works by his pupils. It explores the scholarship of recent decades that has brought new and more systematic criteria to bear on determining the authenticity of Rembrandt drawings, and defines the styles of his pupils and followers with ever-greater precision.

This is an essential book for anyone interested in the Dutch Golden Age or the lives and careers of Rembrandt and the artists in his immediate circle. 

About this title

About the Author:

Holm Bevers is curator of Netherlandish drawings at the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett. Lee Hendrix is senior curator in the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. William W. Robinson is the Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. Peter Schatborn is Head Emeritus of the Rijksprentenkabinet at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Review:

 “Hands down one of the sexiest museum publications in recent memory.”—KCRW’s Art Talk

 “The challenging task of separating the master’s work from pupils is handled with diligence, good judgment, and a freshness of approach.”—Historians of Netherlandish Art

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0892369787
• ISBN 13: 9780892369782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304