Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn

Malcolm Bell

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Title: Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn

Author: Malcolm Bell

Release Date: June 2, 2010 [EBook #32661]

Language: English

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A table of contents can be found onpage vi. A list of illustrations can be found onpage vii.

The Great Masters

in Painting and Sculpture

Edited by G. C. Williamson

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

THE GREAT MASTERS IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.

The following Volumes have been issued, price 5s. net each.

BERNARDINO LUINI. By George C. Williamson, Litt.D., Editor of the Series.

VELASQUEZ. By R. A. M. Stevenson.

ANDREA DEL SARTO. By H. Guinness.

LUCA SIGNORELLI. By Maud Cruttwell.

RAPHAEL. By H. Strachey.

CARLO CRIVELLI. By G. McNeil Rushforth, M.A., Lecturer in Classics, Oriel College, Oxford.

CORREGGIO. By Selwyn Brinton, M.A., Author of "The Renaissance in Italian Art."

DONATELLO. By Hope Rea, Author of "Tuscan Artists."

PERUGINO. By G. C. Williamson, Litt.D.

SODOMA. By the Contessa Lorenzo Priuli-Bon.

LUCA DELLA ROBBIA. By the Marchesa Burlamacchi.

GIORGIONE. By Herbert Cook, M.A., F.S.A.

MEMLINO. By W. H. James Weale, late Keeper of the National Art Library.

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA. By W. G. Waters, M.A.

PINTORICCHIO. By Evelyn March Phillipps.

FRANCIA. By George C. Williamson, Litt.D.

BRUNELLESCHI. By Leader Scott.

MANTEGNA. By Maud Cruttwell.

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. By Malcolm Bell.

In preparation.

WILKIE. By Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower, M.A., F.S.A., Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.

TINTORETTO. By J. B. Stoughton Holborn, M.A. of Merton College, Oxford.

GIOTTO. By F. Mason Perkins.

EL GRECO. By Manuel B. Cossio, Litt.D., Ph.D., Director of the Musée Pédagogique, Madrid.

DÜRER. By Hans W. Singer, M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Director of the Royal Print Room, Dresden.

PAOLO VERONESE. By Roger E. Fry.

GAUDENZIO FERRARI. By Ethel Halsey.

Others to follow.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS

The Ship builder & his wife. Buckingham Palace, London.

The Ship builder & his wife. (1633)

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

BY MALCOLM BELL AUTHOR OF "SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES: A RECORD AND REVIEW," ETC. Logo of George Bell & Sons LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1901

PREFACE

In order to reduce the volume on Rembrandt, published in 1899, to the smaller dimensions demanded by the "Great Masters" series, it became necessary to dispense with some of the material included in it. This, it is hoped, has been done without seriously affecting the usefulness of the book. The story of the painter's life and work has been to some extent compressed, but everything essential has, it is believed, been retained. The chief omissions are the short descriptions of the pictures and the lists of the etchings, which, while occupying much space, were thought to be more suitable to a work of reference

than to a handbook. The student who desires fuller information on these points will find it in the earlier volume.

CONTENTS

PAGE List of Illustrations Bibliography Chronological Table PART I.—REMBRANDT THE MAN Chapter I. Birth and Early Years II. Art Education and Early Works III. Days of Prosperity IV. Days of Decline PART II.—REMBRANDT THE PAINTER V. Early Years (1627-1633) VI. Time of Prosperity VII. Years of Decline PART III.—REMBRANDT THE ETCHER VIII. The History of the Etchings IX. The Authentic Etchings Catalogue of Works Index

vii ix xiii 1 8 16 32 48 61 71 85 93 117 157

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE The Shipbuilder and his Wife, 16 33,Frontispiece Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother, about 1628 Portrait of Rembrandt's Father, about 1631

Portrait of Saskia, 1632

Rembrandt and Saskia, about 1 635

Portrait of Rembrandt, 1640

Portrait of Saskia, 1641

Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, a bout 1662 Portrait of Rembrandt, about 16 64

Portrait called Coppenol, 1631

Portrait of a Man, 1630-1632

Portrait of a Woman, 1630-1632

The Anatomy Lesson, 1632

Portrait of Jan Herman Krul, 163

Buckingham Pala ce

The Hague6

1 Cassel 2 Prince Liechtenst1 ein, Vienna8 2 Dresden 4 National Gallery,2 London 8 3 Dresden 0 4 Louvre 4 National Gallery,4 London6 5 The Hermitage 4 Imperial Museum 5 , Vienna6 Imperial Museum5 , Vienna6 5 The Hague 8 5 Cassel

Cassel 38 6 The Elevation of the Cross, 1633 Munich 0 National Gallery,6 Portrait of an Old Woman, 1634 London2 The Burgomaster Pancras and h Buckingham Pala6 is Wife, about 1635 ce2 National Gallery,6 Portrait of a Man, 1635 London2 6 Danae, 1636 The Hermitage 4 Prince Liechtenst6 Portrait of a Man, 1636 ein, Vienna4 Prince Liechtenst6 Portrait of a Lady, 1636 ein, Vienna4 6 Portrait called Sobieski, 1637 The Hermitage 6 6 The Man with the Bittern, 1639 Dresden 6 Portrait of Elizabeth Bas, about6 Amsterdam 16408 6 Anslo consoling a Widow, 1641 Berlin 8 Buckingham Pala7 The Lady with the Fan, 1641 ce0 7 Portrait of a Man, 1641 Brussels 0 The Woman taken in Adultery, 1 National Gallery,7 644 London2

A Girl at a Window, 1645

Portrait of a Rabbi, 1645

A Winter Scene, 1646

Christ at Emmaus, 1648

John the Baptist preaching, 165 6 The Syndics of the Drapers, 166 1

ETCHINGS

7 Dulwich Gallery 2 7 Berlin 4 7 Cassel 4 7 Louvre 6 7 Berlin 8 8 Amsterdam 0

The Numbers given are those of Bartsch's Catalogue

Christ healing the Sick (74)

Clement de Jonghe (272)

The Three Trees (212)

Rembrandt's Mill (233)

Beggars at the Door of a House (176)

The Shell (159)

8 6 9 0 9 2 9 8 1 0 0 1 0

Jan Lutma (276)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Amand-Durand. "Œuvre de Rembrandt reproduit et publié par." 2 parts. Paris, 1880.

2 1 0 6

Baldinucci, Filippo. "Cominciamento e progresso dell' arte dell' intagliare in rame." Florence, 1686.

Bartsch, Adam. "Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'œuvre de Rembrandt et ceux de ses principaux imitateurs." 2 vols. Vienna, 1797.

Bell, Malcolm. "Rembrandt van Rijn and his Work." 4to. London, 1899.

Blanc, Charles. "L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté par." Paris, 1864 and 1880.

Bode, W. "Studien zur Geschichte der holländischen Malerei." Brunswick, 1883.

Bredius, A., and de Roever, N.Oud-Holland.A magazine published at Amsterdam.

Bredius, A. "Les chefs-d'œuvre du Musée royal d'Amsterdam." Paris, 1890.