Dr. Saskia Beranek
Rembrandt's enigmatic self-portrait at Kenwood House is an apt example of the artist's long career in self-exploration.
Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Two Circles
With its almost sculptural surface and dazzling range of textures, this painting once reduced van Gogh to tears.
A-Level: Rembrandt, The Jewish Bride
With its almost sculptural surface and dazzling range of textures, this painting once reduced van Gogh to tears.
Rembrandt, The Jewish Bride
Built for nobility and now home to royals, this palace has a checkered past. It held art, then political prisoners.
Huis ten Bosch (House in the Woods)
Is this the eighth wonder of the world? Amsterdam’s leaders thought so—their hall contains a universe in miniature.
The Town Hall of Amsterdam
What lies beneath the surface? Research into a “crusty” buildup of paint reveals Rembrandt’s editing process.
A-Level: Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of ...
Virtue, or vice? This seated woman is an icon of domesticity, but the man’s money may tempt her away from work.
Judith Leyster, The Proposition
What lies beneath the surface? Research into a “crusty” buildup of paint reveals Rembrandt’s editing process.
Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Who was responsible for the ignition of the Beeldenstorm —the sudden outbreak of violence against religious images that began in the summer of 1566 and spread throughout the Low Countries?
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