Rembrandt and the face of Jesus
By: edited by Lloyd DeWitt ; with contributions by Lloyd DeWitt ... [et al.].
Contributors: DeWitt, Lloyd; Musée du Louvre; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Detroit Institute of Arts
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art; Musée du Louvre; Detroit Institue of Arts; In association with Yale University Press; Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA; Paris; [Detroit, Mich.]; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780876332276; 9780876332283; 9780300169577
Description: Presents and explores the seven known oil sketches of Christ on oak panels by Rembrandt, along with over 60 paintings, drawings and prints by him and his pupils.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Apr. 18-July 18, 2011, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Aug.-Oct., 2011, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, and Nov. 2011-Feb. 2012, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perception and belief : the image of Christ and the meditative turn in Rembrandt's religious art / George S. Keyes; title: The heads of Christ : a technical survey / Mark Tucker, Lloyd DeWitt, and Ken Sutherland; title: Rembrandt's Jesus / Larry Silver and Shelley Perlove; title: Testing tradition against nature : Rembrandt's radical new image of Jesus / Lloyd DeWitt; title: The heads of Christ in the context of the tronie / Franziska Gottwald; title: The Orient and Rembrandt's redefinition of Christ iconography / Blaise Ducos; title: The impassibility of the gods : Rembrandt and Christ / Blaise Ducos; title: Chronology / Mark Castro