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Rembrandt the printmaker
Rembrandt the Printmaker
In around 300 etchings, 90 of which were
selected for this exhibition, Rembrandt covered a huge range of
styles and subjects, including self-portraits, scenes from the
Bible, vignettes of everyday life, landscapes, portraits and
character studies. The well-known Hundred
Guilder Print, the Three
Trees and the Three
Crosses are among his most extraordinary
creations and continue to inspire artists
today.
Exciting new areas
of research have opened up in recent years, allowing us not only to
follow the progress of Rembrandt's work on each plate, but
also revealing how and when he revised the images at various times
during his life. The role played by Rembrandt's preparatory
drawings and related oil-sketches, several of which are included
from collections in Europe and America, is also now better
understood, and these new insights are presented to a wider public
for the first time.
The
exhibition, organized by The British Museum and the Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, at The British Museum (25 January - 8 April 2001) was
supported by the Michael Marks Charitable Trust. This tour features
ten of the works in the exhibition as an
introduction.