The Rembrandt Book

About this book

With international attention focused on the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt von Rijns birth the worlds leading Rembrandt expert weighs in with a penetratingand accessibleexamination of the Dutch masters life and art from both the biographical and the art historical perspective. Rembrandt was an esteemed artist in his own time as well as in the present yet there is much debate over how many paintings and drawings can really be attributed to him and popular scholastic opinion varies widely. In his lively text accompanied by 700 full-color illustrations Gary Schwartz addresses the central controversies providing art historians students and art lovers with essential new insights to help clarify the mysteries surrounding the great painter.