The Morgan Library & Museum presents Rembrandt’s World: Dutch Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection on view January 20 through April 29, 2012.
David Bailly (1584–1657) Portrait of a Lute Player (after Frans Hals) Pen and brown ink, with brown and gray washes; framing line by the artist in brown ink. Clement C. Moore Collection
Bolstered by a new political independence, economic prosperity, and maritime supremacy, Holland in the seventeenth century witnessed a rich artistic flourishing. This exhibition features over ninety drawings by many of the preeminent artists of the Dutch Golden Age—among them Rembrandt van Rijn and his followers Ferdinand Bol and Gerbrand van den Eeckhout; Abraham Bloemaert; Aelbert Cuyp; and Jan van Goyen—who were active primarily in their native Holland and who brought their extraordinary talents to bear on such quintessentially Dutch subjects as landscapes and marine views, pastoral and genre scenes, still life, and portraiture. The works, assembled over the last two decades, are from the private collection of Clement C. Moore and are exhibited together publicly for the first time.
Rembrandt’s World is organized by Esther Bell, Moore Curatorial Fellow at The Morgan Library & Museum.
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