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Feb 14 2011
The Stone Bridge by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1638
Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Stone Bridge” by Rembardnt van Rijn. This is the only typically Dutch landscape executed by Rembrandt and it highlights dramatic contrasts between the sun shining on trees and a cottage in the center of the work with darkening areas in both the left foreground and the right town in the distance. This is an early work of Rembrandt having been created when he was about thirty-two years old. This masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Dec 5 2010
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630
Dutch / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Rembrandt’s Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem of 1630. It is currently in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This is one of Rembrandt’s best works painted before he moved from Leiden to Amsterdam. This is a wonderful study of the human condition and masterfully portrays deep disappointment and sadness that often creeps to our lives
Oct 1 2010
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633
Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” of 1633 by Rembrandt van Rijn. This is Rembrandt’s only seascape and depicts the incident recorded in the fourth chapter of the Gospel according to Mark generally known as the miracle of "Christ calming the Sea". There are fourteen people in the boat: Christ, the twelve disciples and perhaps Rembrandt himself. Many believe that the person looking out of the painting is actually a self-portrait of Rembrandt. This painting was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston on the morning of March 18, 1990.
Jun 28 2010
Man in the Golden Helmet by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650
Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This reproduction of the famous “Man in a Golden Helmet” is stunning. The original was created in about 1650. It is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of western art and was very influential over Impressionist painters. This is not a commissioned portrait but a study made up of an older man who had sat for Rembrandt before and a helmet that was in the artist’s collection. The original is now displayed in the Gemaldengalerie in Berlin.
Rembrandt was born in 1606 Leiden and, after schooling in Latin and the Classics, he entered an apprenticeship in painting when sixteen years old. After a brief stay in Amsterdam he returned to Leiden and opened a studio with his friend Jan Lievens; they were both nineteen. He soon won acclaim through influential contacts and in 1630 moved to Amsterdam after the death of his father. Four years later as a master of the Guild of St. Luke Rembrandt gathered a large number of students about his workshop. He married that year and continued to produce masterpieces such as the Abduction of Ganymede, the Sacrifice of Isaac and the Night Watch. His domestic tranquility was disturbed by the death of his wife in 1642 but Rembrandt continued his prodigious output. Nevertheless Rembrandt was forced into bankruptcy in 1654 and mostly lived in seclusion until his death in 1669 though he continued to produce masterpieces.
Jun 27 2010
Head of Christ by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rign’s “Head of Christ” of about 1652. The master’s ability to give an earthly reality to his subject is seen plainly in this unique work. There is tremendous kindness and sensitivity in this portrait reputedly gleaned from the face of a young Jewish man of Rembrandt’s acquaintance. This Christ is infused with kindness, goodness and purity to an extent rarely seen elsewhere. The original is in the Staaliche Museen Preussischer, Kulturbesitz, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin.
Rembrandt was born in 1606 Leiden and, after schooling in Latin and the Classics, he entered an apprenticeship in painting when sixteen years old. After a brief stay in Amsterdam he returned to Leiden and opened a studio with his friend Jan Lievens; they were both nineteen. He soon won acclaim through influential contacts and in 1630 moved to Amsterdam after the death of his father. Four years later as a master of the Guild of St. Luke Rembrandt gathered a large number of students about his workshop. He married that year and continued to produce masterpieces such as the Abduction of Ganymede, the Sacrifice of Isaac and the Night Watch. His domestic tranquility was disturbed by the death of his wife in 1642 but Rembrandt continued his prodigious output. Nevertheless Rembrandt was forced into bankruptcy in 1654 and mostly lived in seclusion until his death in 1669 though he continued to produce masterpieces, among them Return of the Prodigal Son.
Jun 20 2010
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653
Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful work was commissioned by a noble from Sicily and Rembrandt probably executed it to relieve his sever financial straits of his later life. Aristotle is portrayed at the high of his physical and financial success. He is sporting a magnificant chain, the gift from Aristotle’s most prestigious pupil, Alexander the Great.
The work appears to bring to mind the quandry between the rich and the important: What matters most? How can one be certain that one is not selling out?
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