A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings IV: Self-PortraitsErnst van de Wetering Volume IV of A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings deals uniquely with the self-portraits of Rembrandt. In a clearly written explanatory style the head of the Rembrandt Research Project and Editor of this Volume, Ernst van de Wetering, discusses the full body of work of paintings and etchings portraying Rembrandt. He sets the different parameters for accepting or rejecting a Rembrandt self-portrait as such, whilst also discussing the exact working environment of Rembrandt and his apprentices. This workshop setting created a surroundings where apprentices could be involved in working on Rembrandt paintings making it more difficult to determine the hand of the master. Van de Wetering, who is one of the Rembrandt experts of our day and age, goes down to great detail to explain how the different self-portraits are made and what techniques Rembrandt uses, also giving an overview of which paintings are to be attributed to the Dutch Master and which not. In the additional catalogue the self-portraits are examined in detail. In clear and accessible explanatory text the different paintings are discussed, larded with immaculate images of each painting. Details are shown where possible, as well as the results of modern day technical imaging like X-radiography. This work of art history and art research should be part of every serious art historical institute, university or museum. Nowhere in the art history have all Rembrandt’s self portraits been discussed in such detailed and comparative manner by an authority such as Ernst van de Wetering. This is a standard work for decades to come. |
Contents
Essays | 2 |
Chapter I By his own hand The valuation of autograph paintings in the 17th century | 3 |
Chapter II Rembrandts clothes Dress and meaning in his selfportraits | 45 |
Contents of Chapter III | 88 |
problems of authenticity and function | 89 |
Chapter IV Grounds in Rembrandts workshop and in paintings by his contemporaries | 318 |
Biographical information 16431669 | 335 |
Catalogue | 350 |
IV 17 Selfportrait | 486 |
IV 18 Selfportrait | 498 |
IV 19 Selfportrait at the easel | 508 |
IV 20 Selfportrait | 517 |
IV 21 Selfportrait | 526 |
IV 22 Selfportrait | 534 |
IV 23 Selfportrait | 538 |
IV 24 Selfportrait as St Paul | 541 |
IV 1 Selfportrait in a flat cap | 353 |
IV 2 Selfportrait | 361 |
IV 3 Selfportrait | 371 |
IV 4 Selfportrait | 378 |
IV 5 Selfportrait | 385 |
IV 6 Selfportrait | 394 |
IV 7 Rembrandt leaning on a windowsill | 402 |
IV 8 Large selfportrait | 410 |
IV 9 Selfportrait | 418 |
IV 10 Selfportrait with sketchbook | 429 |
IV 11 Selfportrait | 440 |
IV 12 Selfportrait | 447 |
IV 13 Small selfportrait | 454 |
IV 14 Selfportrait | 460 |
IV 15 Selfportrait | 469 |
IV 16 Unfinished Selfportrait | 476 |
IV 25 Selfportrait as Zeuxis laughing | 551 |
IV 26 Selfportrait | 562 |
IV 27 Selfportrait | 570 |
IV 28 Selfportrait | 578 |
IV 29 Selfportrait | 588 |
Corrigenda et Addenda | 594 |
Contents of Corrigenda et Addenda | 595 |
Corrigenda et Addenda | 597 |
CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA TO VOLUMES I III PAINTINGS OTHER THAN SELFPORTRAITS | 627 |
Tables and Indexes | 647 |
Table of dendrochronological data | 648 |
Tables of grounds in Rembrandts workshop and in paintings by his contemporaries | 660 |
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