Rembrandt - and the Jews
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
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The Bible illustration blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
I recently came across a very interesting article on JSTOR titled 'Rembrandt and Josephus' by Franz Landsberger who I believe was professor of 'The History of Art' at the University of Breslau. The article was originally printed in the The Art Bulletin in 1954 and can be viewed here. In the article professor Landsberger informs us that amongst the inventory of Rembrant's possesions taken in 1656 were...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
AMSTERDAM, NL - 125 masterpieces from more than 30 Dutch museums can be seen together, this once only, at the Van Gogh Museum. The exhibition, titled 125 favourites. Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, has been organised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Rembrandt Association. The exhibition reveals the high quality and diversity of the acquisitions that have been supported...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
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The New York Review of Books (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
By Benjamin Moser Rembrandt's Jews by Steven Nadler Rembrandt in de propaganda 1940–1945 De "joodse" Rembrandt: De mythe ontrafeld [The "Jewish" Rembrandt: The Myth Revealed] an exhibition at the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, November 10, 2006–February 4, 2007. 'J'aime les juifs!' Holland's foremost painter shouts as he moves through seventeenth-century Amsterdam's busy streets. The scene, in...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
GSE 2007 in the Netherlands
Slideroll, Latest Slideshows (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
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frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
This serene portrait of Carla Bruni was created by an as yet unknown photoshop artist in a contest on FreakingNews. And in case you think she looks pregnant — it’s just a beer belly. Click for bigger | View original painting
Strobist (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Phoenix-based shooter Blair Bunting must have been asleep the day they taught the classic portrait lighting styles in school. Either that, or he skipped right past "Rembrandt" and went straight to "Badass." Bunting is part of a movement of a high-def lighting style that is especially well-suited to subjects like athletes, rock musicians, MMA fighters, assassins, orcs, etc. Keep reading for full lighting...
Aging Fabulous (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
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U.S. News (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
1606—Printmaker and painter Rembrandt van Rijn is born in Leiden, Holland.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
REMBRANDT'S RARE etchings of everyday scenes and landscapes in 17th century Amsterdam, self-portraits, nudes and many scenes from the Bible, went on view at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin last night.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Art lovers have a last chance to see a long-lost self-portrait of the Dutch painter Rembrandt -- thought to be a copy but later discovered to be authentic -- before it disappears from public view.
ABC News (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
A computer may someday reveal if a priceless painting is bogus.