Rembrandt's naked truth
Subtitle: drawing nude models in the Golden Age
By: edited by Judith Noorman, David de Witt ; texts,  Franziska Gottwald, Judith Niessen, Judith Noorman, Victoria Sancho Lobis,  David de Witt, Michael Zell
Contributors: Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher: D'jonge Hond
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9789462581340
Subjects: Nude in art; Dutch Art; Exhibitions
Work titles: Rembrandts naakte waarheid. English
Description: Rembrandt and his pupils drew from the nude model in the 17th century. They took part in a new trend of drawing from models, but with different approach from their contemporaries. Rembrandt's drawings were especially realistic and he was criticized for presenting reality instead of pursuing the ideals of beauty then current.
Notes: Translated from the Dutch.

"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition 'Rembrandt's Naked Truth. Drawing Nude Models in the Golden Age' at the Rembrandt House Museum, 12 February to 16 May 2016."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: On truth and beauty: drawing nude models in Rembrandt's time / Judith Noorman; title: Rembrandt's moral caution concerning the beautiful female nude / David De Witt; title: Invention as instruction: Rembrandt's "academic" prints and their function / Victoria Sancho Lobis; title: Rembrandt's drawing book: a reconstruction; title: Graphic images: Rembrandt's printed nudes / Michael Zell; title: Catalogue.