Présentation de l'éditeur
Rembrandt's paintings have been admired throughout centuries for their artistic freedom. But Rembrandt was also a craftsman whose painting technique was rooted in the tradition. This revised new edition is the fruit of lifelong study of Rembrandt's working methods, his intellectual approach to the art of painting and the organization of his studio. Van de Wetering demonstrates how this knowledge can be used to answer questions about authenticity and other art-historical issues. Some 350 illustrations, half of which are reproduced in colour, make this book into a monumental tribute to one of the world's most important painters.
Biographie de l'auteur
"http://www.hiddenmasterpieces.com/dr-ernst-van-de-wetering/" target="_blank"> Ernst van de Wetering (1938) is emeritus professor of art history. He became a team-member of the Rembrandt Research Project in 1968 and its chairman in 1993. Originally trained as a painter and art-historian, he worked from 1969-1987 in the Amsterdam based Central Research Laboratory of Objects of Art and Science. From 1987-2002 he taught at the University of Amsterdam. In 2003/2004 he was Slade Professor at the University of Oxford. He is considered one of the world's foremost specialists on Rembrandt and his work. In 1997, he published the widely acclaimed monograph Rembrandt: The Painter at Work (2nd ed. 2008). 2014 saw the publication of his monumental oeuvre catalogue Rembrandt's Paintings Revisited: A Complete Survey; the concluding volume of A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings.
