Rembrandt is one of the great innovators in art: his unique oeuvre is the result of a lifelong artistic quest. The monograph will trace this search-and the many roads along which it led him-in a manner that makes it accessible to a wide public. The Rembrandt Research Project's most recent discoveries will throw new light on Rembrandt as a creative genius and as the driving force in an extraordinarily productive workshop. We get a glimpse of Rembrandt's 'laboratory'-a vibrant centre of artistic activity under his inspiring leadership. And, of course, there will be a special focus on the period from 1639 to 1658, when Rembrandt lived and worked in the Rembrandt House.
This monograph, which contains contributions by Ernst van de Wetering and other prominent Rembrandt experts, is published in conjunction with the exhibition Rembrandt-The Quest of a Genius in Museum Het Rembrandthuis and the Berlin Gemäldegalerie. This retrospective of Rembrandt's work will be one of the main events of the Rembrandt year 2006.