Published on the occasion of a major exhibition bringing together the best Rembrandt paintings from American collections. The great seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn is one of the most important painters in the history of European art. This richly illustrated volume gathers some fifty of the finest paintings by the Dutch master and his followers from private and public collections across America, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rembrandt had an uncanny ability to depict light and shadow, and to...
Published on the occasion of a major exhibition bringing together the best Rembrandt paintings from American collections. The great seventeenth-centur...
This book expands and updates W. R. Valentiner's informative, yet flawed, Frans Hals Paintings in America from 1936. An important contribution to the history of collecting in America, it provides readers with a detailed understanding of Hals in America today. The book discusses topics such as the thorny issue of Hals attributions, the impact of a dynamic art market over several generations, and more than a century of scholarly research and debate.Frans Hals represents one of the most gifted and innovative masters associated with the genius of Dutch seventeenth-century art. During his...
This book expands and updates W. R. Valentiner's informative, yet flawed, Frans Hals Paintings in America from 1936. An important contribution to the ...
This book expands and updates W. R. Valentiner's informative, yet flawed, Frans Hals Paintings in America from 1936. An important contribution to the history of collecting in America, it provides readers with a detailed understanding of Hals in America today. The book discusses topics such as the thorny issue of Hals attributions, the impact of a dynamic art market over several generations, and more than a century of scholarly research and debate.Frans Hals represents one of the most gifted and innovative masters associated with the genius of Dutch seventeenth-century art. During his...
This book expands and updates W. R. Valentiner's informative, yet flawed, Frans Hals Paintings in America from 1936. An important contribution to the ...