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Art and Life in Rembrandt鈥檚 Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection
Art and Life in Rembrandt鈥檚 Time is a landmark exhibition of more than 75 works from The Leiden Collection 鈥� one of the world鈥檚 foremost private collections of 17th-century Dutch art. Opening at the Norton Museum of Art this fall, it will be the largest exhibition of privately held Dutch 17th-century paintings ever organized in the United States. Among the highlights are over a dozen astounding paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and the only painting by Johannes Vermeer in a private collection.
Organized thematically, the exhibition offers a glimpse into 17th-century life in the Netherlands. People take center stage, as seen in portraits and character studies capturing the social aspirations and individuality of the era鈥檚 citizens. Also on view are engaging depictions of everyday activities: market vendors selling their wares, soldiers playing cards, youths engrossed in books, and women writing letters or playing music. Religious and mythological subjects, commonly shown in private homes, reveal the period鈥檚 spiritual and intellectual pursuits.
Rembrandt is the artist at the exhibition鈥檚 heart, with works representing all periods of his career. Complementing his paintings are those by artists intimately connected to him in Amsterdam, including his teacher Pieter Lastman and pupils Ferdinand Bol and Arent de Gelder, among others. The exhibition also features artists working in Rembrandt鈥檚 hometown of Leiden, including his friend and rival Jan Lievens and student Gerrit Dou, as well as Jan Steen, Frans van Mieris, and Gabriel Metsu. Painters who worked in other Dutch artistic centers are also represented, such as Hendrick ter Brugghen, Carel Fabritius, Frans Hals, Gerard ter Borch, and Johannes Vermeer.
Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam's founding on the island of present-day Manhattan, Art and Life in Rembrandt's Time marks Florida鈥檚 first large-scale exhibition of Rembrandt鈥檚 paintings. This rare convergence of 17th-century Dutch masterpieces showcases the enduring power of Rembrandt and his contemporaries 鈥� artists whose influence has shaped artistic trajectories from Impressionism to the modern era and continues to resonate today.
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Art and Life in Rembrandt鈥檚 Time is a landmark exhibition of more than 75 works from The Leiden Collection 鈥� one of the world鈥檚 foremost private collections of 17th-century Dutch art. Opening at the Norton Museum of Art this fall, it will be the largest exhibition of privately held Dutch 17th-century paintings ever organized in the United States. Among the highlights are over a dozen astounding paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and the only painting by Johannes Vermeer in a private collection.
Organized thematically, the exhibition offers a glimpse into 17th-century life in the Netherlands. People take center stage, as seen in portraits and character studies capturing the social aspirations and individuality of the era鈥檚 citizens. Also on view are engaging depictions of everyday activities: market vendors selling their wares, soldiers playing cards, youths engrossed in books, and women writing letters or playing music. Religious and mythological subjects, commonly shown in private homes, reveal the period鈥檚 spiritual and intellectual pursuits.
Rembrandt is the artist at the exhibition鈥檚 heart, with works representing all periods of his career. Complementing his paintings are those by artists intimately connected to him in Amsterdam, including his teacher Pieter Lastman and pupils Ferdinand Bol and Arent de Gelder, among others. The exhibition also features artists working in Rembrandt鈥檚 hometown of Leiden, including his friend and rival Jan Lievens and student Gerrit Dou, as well as Jan Steen, Frans van Mieris, and Gabriel Metsu. Painters who worked in other Dutch artistic centers are also represented, such as Hendrick ter Brugghen, Carel Fabritius, Frans Hals, Gerard ter Borch, and Johannes Vermeer.
Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam's founding on the island of present-day Manhattan, Art and Life in Rembrandt's Time marks Florida鈥檚 first large-scale exhibition of Rembrandt鈥檚 paintings. This rare convergence of 17th-century Dutch masterpieces showcases the enduring power of Rembrandt and his contemporaries 鈥� artists whose influence has shaped artistic trajectories from Impressionism to the modern era and continues to resonate today.
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