Title: Drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils : telling the difference /
Authors: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669; Bevers, Holm.; J. Paul Getty Museum.
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Exhibitions.; Rembrandt school Exhibitions.; Drawing, Dutch Exhibitions.; Drawing Expertising Exhibitions.
Abstract: "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. In his later years, Rembrandt also made sketching trips outside Amsterdam to create his innovative landscapes of the Dutch countryside. His students followed this example, sometimes depicting the same sites." "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. In so doing, this volume demystifies the sometimes-baffling exercise known as connoisseurship and seeks to re-enact the daily practices that Rembrandt used to teach his students and bring them to artistic maturity." "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. A major exhibition of these drawings will be on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from December 8, 2009, to February 28, 2010"--Jacket.
Contents: Drawing in Rembrandt's workshop / Holm Bevers -- The history of the attribution of drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils / Peter Schatborn and William W. Robinson -- Catalogue : Rembrandt and his pupils. Jan Lievens ; Govert Flinck ; Ferdinand Bol ; Gerbrand van den Eeckhout ; Jan Victors ; Carel Fabritius ; Samuel van Hoogstraten ; Abraham Fernerius ; Nicolaes Maes ; Constantijn Daniel van Renesse ; Willem Drost ; Rembrandt pupil ; Pieter de With ; Arent de Gelder ; Johannes Raven -- Checklist of the exhibition.