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Dr. Wendy Schaller

About Dr. Wendy Schaller

Dr. Wendy Schaller is an Associate Professor of Art History at Ashland University. She earned her BA from the University of Tennessee and both her MA and Ph.D. in art history from the Ohio State University. Her research focuses primarily on portraits of children and the subject of death, grief and consolation in the seventeenth-century Netherlands.

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Night Watch (Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq), 1642, oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) — As drums beat, a dog barks and a gun smokes. This lively, illuminated scene breaks the mold of group portraiture.

A-Level: Rembrandt, The Night Watch

by Dr. Wendy Schaller

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Saskia- detail — That hat is a fantasy, but this print isn’t all fiction. Rembrandt depicts himself in the real-life act of drawing.

A-Level: Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Saskia

by Dr. Wendy Schaller

Jan Havicksz Steen, The Feast of St Nicholas - detail — Naughty or nice? With characteristic wit, Steen depicts the joys and disappointments of a festive morning.

Jan Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas

by Dr. Wendy Schaller

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Saskia- detail — That hat is a fantasy, but this print isn’t all fiction. Rembrandt depicts himself in the real-life act of drawing.

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Saskia

by Dr. Wendy Schaller

Rembrandt, The Night Watch (Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq), 1642, oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) — As drums beat, a dog barks and a gun smokes. This lively, illuminated scene breaks the mold of group portraiture.

Rembrandt, The Night Watch

by Dr. Wendy Schaller