The Drawings of Rembrandt, 9780500295359
Paperback
Rembrandt’s drawings: A breathtaking journey through a master’s artistic life.

The Drawings of Rembrandt

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  • Paperback

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2019

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Summary

Rembrandt’s Hand: A Master Draftsman Revealed

This sweeping overview of Rembrandt’s extraordinary achievement as a draughtsman fills a gap in the otherwise enormous literature on the artist. Beautifully illustrated, mostly in colour, the more than 150 drawings - culled from a corpus of some 800 - are discussed in detail.

The drawings span Rembrandt’s entire productive life as an artist, from early self-portraits in the 1620s to late drawings from the 1660s of the victim of a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780500295359
ISBN-10:0500295352
Author:Seymour Silve
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:31 August 2019
Weight:1.00kg
Dimensions:33mm x 254mm x 186mm
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Critics Review

‘Excellent … fills a real gap in the literature’ - Sunday Times‘An eloquent introduction to Rembrandt’s genius as a draughtsman … here is virtuosity and humanity together, on every page’ - Financial Times‘Slive’s commentary is subtle, erudite and sympathetic’ - Sunday Telegraph‘A very readable account by a distinguished scholar’ - The Art Newspaper‘Beautiful … the definitive study’ - The Wall Street Journal

About The Author

Seymour Silve

Seymour Slive served as director of the Harvard Art Museums from 1975 to 1991. He was an eminent scholar of Dutch art and more specifically of Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Jacob van Ruisdael.

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