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The Unseen Rembrandt

Ivins, William Mills
1942
97 pages
84 illustrations
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The Unseen Rembrandt attempts to achieve a greater understanding of Rembrandt's paintings, drawings, and prints in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection by showcasing details if the works displaying Rembrandt's distinct brush, pen, and point movement. This unique examination reveals a detailed quality of his painting that is otherwise impossible to see under ordinary museum gallery conditions.

Met Art in Publication

Man in a Turban, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1632
Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1632
Herman Doomer (ca. 1595–1650), Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on wood
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1640
The Toilet of Bathsheba, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on wood
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1643
Portrait of a Man, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
ca. 1655–60
Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, Rembrandt  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt
ca. 1655–60
Flora, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
ca. 1654
Rembrandt's Son Titus (1641–1668), Rembrandt  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt
Portrait of a Man ("The Auctioneer"), Rembrandt  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt
probably ca. 1658–62
Self-Portrait, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1660
Hendrickje Stoffels (1626–1663), Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
mid-1650s
The Sibyl, Willem Drost  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Willem Drost
ca. 1654
Head of Christ, Rembrandt  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt
Man with a Magnifying Glass, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
early 1660s
Man with a Beard, Rembrandt  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt
Seated Man Wearing a Flat Cap, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1635–40
The Meeting of Jacob And Rachel at the Well, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, with framing line in pen and brown ink
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1640–49
Two Studies of a Woman Reading, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Pen and brown iron-gall ink
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1635–40
Man Leading a Camel, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Pen and brown ink, traces of brush and brown wash
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1650–69
Cottage among Trees, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on paper washed with brown
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
ca. 1650
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