Since the second half of the last century art historians, realizing that the image of Rembrandt's work had become blurred with time, have attempted to redefine the artist's significance both as a source of inspiration to other artists and as a great artist in his own right. In order to carry on the work started by previous generations, a group of leading Dutch art historians from the university and museum world joined forces in the late 1960s in order to study afresh the paintings usually ascribed to the artist. The researchers came together in the Rembrandt Research Project which was established to provide the art world with a new standard reference work which would serve the community of art historians for the nearby and long future. They examined the originals of all works attributed to Rembrandt taking full advantage of today's sophisticated techniques including radiography, neutron activation autoradiography, dendrochronology and paint sample analysis - thereby gaining valuable insight into the genesis and condition of the paintings.
The result of this painstaking research is laid down in A Corpus Rembrandt Paintings, Volumes I-IV.
This is the official publication of the findings made by the Rembrandt Research Project, based in Amsterdam. The findings are the outcome of over thirty years of research.
Provides a full overview of the paintings attributed to Rembrandt during 1629 to 1642
- World leading Rembrandt experts extensively discuss and describe all paintings originating from this time period.
- State-of-the-art technologies were used to decide whether the authenticity can be
determined for each painting attributed to Rembrandt.
- All volumes contain high-quality colour images of the art works.
These three volumes together cover some 280 works attributed to Rembrandt between 1629 and 1642. Each painting is thoroughly described and analysed. This includes a full evaluation of its authenticity.
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Volume I : A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1625-1631
This volume covers the works from Rembrandt's early years in Leiden, 1629-1631. This includes in-depth coverage of the artist's first ever works, including etchings. In total, 93 works are discussed.
Volume II : A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1631-1634
This volumes covers works attributed to Rembrandt between 1631 and 1634. In total, 101 paintings are fully analyzed.
Volume III : A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1635-1642
The third volumes covers paintings attributed to the artist between 1635-1642. This book covers 86 paintings.
Volume IV : A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings: 1643-1669
In this volume, Ernst van de Wetering, Editor of this Volume and the Rembrandt Research Project, discusses the full body of work (paintings and etchings) that portray Rembrandt. He sets the different parameters for accepting or rejecting a Rembrandt self-portrait whilst also discussing the exact working environment of Rembrandt and his apprentices.
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