In cooperation with the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Kremer Collection
Rembrandt and the Painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a large-scale exhibition to run in the Museum of Fine Arts from 1 November surveys the period of 17th-century Dutch art, one of the golden ages of European culture. The exhibition is built around Rembrandt, the greatest master of the period, by whom 20 masterpieces will be on display. The exhibition will showcase over 170 works by some 100 painters, of which 40 originate from the Museum of Fine Arts' rich Dutch collection and 130 paintings will be contributed by private and public collections, with the most important loaning institutions including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Museum in Stockholm, the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles , the Metropolitan in New York, the Uffizi in Florence and the Prado in Madrid. A further sensation of the exhibition is that in addition to the significant number of works by Rembrandt - including the painting known as his earliest and his last self-portrait - visitors can also view three works by Vermeer.
The Hungarian public has never before had the chance to see such a comprehensive exhibition of the Dutch art of the 1600s; thus, this show bridges a gap in the history of domestic exhibitions, and at the same time it will be the last large-scale exhibition before the renovation work in spring 2015, when the Museum of Fine Arts will temporarily close its gates.With the exhibition presenting the Dutch Golden Age the Museum of Fine Arts will continue the series begun in 2006 linked to the institution's significant collections. Following the 2006 El Greco, Velázquez, Goya; the 2008 Golden Age of the Medici; the 2009 Botticelli to Titian and the 2013 Caravaggio to Canaletto,Rembrandt and the Painting of the Dutch Golden Age will showcase the 17th-century material of the museum's Dutch collection, which is also significant by international comparison: with its 500 paintings by 17th-century Dutch masters, it ranks among the first five European collections outside the Netherlands.
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