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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823869003321

Autore

Bailey Anthony <1933-2020, >

Titolo

Rembrandt's house : exploring the world of the great master / / Anthony Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2014

©1978

ISBN

0-85773-783-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

759.9492

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; A Note of Thanks; Antecedents; 1 Miraculous Country; 2 The Golden Swamp; 3 A House in the Breestraat; 4 From Room to Room; 5 Growing Up; 6 Anatomy Lessons; 7 Making a Splash; 8 Life with Women and Children; 9 Artist at Work; 10 The New Jerusalem; 11 Through the Needle's Eye; 12 Age of Gold, Ink, and Tar; 13 Questions about the House; 14 Out of Doors; 15 Acts of Love; 16 Money Troubles; 17 Domestic and Public Scenes; 18 Resolution and Independence; 19 Among Scholars; 20 Chiaroscuro; 21 Negatives

22 Continuing PresencesAfterword; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

No.4 Breestraat, Amsterdam, is an imposing 17th century house, but little different from many big old houses in the city.  What makes it exceptional is that for twenty years one of the world's greatest artists lived here - Rembrandt van Rijn, master painter of the time.  This is the story of that house, the world Rembrandt observed in and around it and the special universe he created in his studio there. In this unique and imaginative portrait, Anthony Bailey pieces together the events and circumstances which shaped Rembrandt's career - from his beginnings in Leiden and early apprenticeship to