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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Artist (after) Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Engraved by: Léopold Flameng (French, 1831-1911)
Title: "Danae"
Portfolio: Gazette Des Beaux Arts
Year: 1879
Medium: Original Engraving
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Sheet size: 8.25" x 8.25"
Image size: 5.5" x 6.25"
Reference: Sanchez/Seydoux 1879-14
Price: SOLD
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch: 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden
Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the
greatest visual artists in the history of art. It is estimated Rembrandt produced a total of about three hundred paintings, three
hundred etchings, and two thousand drawings.Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide
range of styles and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes,
biblical and mythological themes and animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural and
scientific achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age, when Dutch art (especially Dutch painting) was prolific and
innovative.
Rembrandt never went abroad but was considerably influenced by the work of the Italian Old Masters and Dutch and Flemish artists
who had studied in Italy. After he achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal
tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist
remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's portraits of his contemporaries,
self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible are regarded as his greatest creative triumphs. His approximately 40
self-portraits form an intimate autobiography. Rembrandt's foremost contribution in the history of printmaking was his
transformation of the etching process from a relatively new reproductive technique into an art form. His reputation as the greatest
etcher in the history of the medium was established in his lifetime.
Title: "The Tribute Money"
Circa: 1635 (second state of four, a
later impression)
Medium: Original Etching
Limited edition: Unknown
Sheet size: 3" x 4"
Reference: Bartsch 68; Hollstein 68, 124
Price: SOLD
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