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Can’t get enough of Rembrandt? Are you looking to find out more for an assignment, presentation, paper, thesis or dissertation? Below are links to other websites on Rembrandt.
Rembrandt’s life
- Biography https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rembrandt-van-Rijn
- Database of all archival documents http://remdoc.huygens.knaw.nl/
- Digitized archival documents in the Stadsarchief Amsterdam (search for: Rembrandt) https://www.geschiedenislokaalamsterdam.nl/
- A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings http://rembrandtdatabase.org/literature/corpus
- Rembrandt Database http://rembrandtdatabase.org/
- Rijksmuseum collection https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/rembrandt-van-rijn
- RKD – Netherlands Office for Art History https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/Rembrandt
- Mauritshuis, Den Haag https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/rembrandt/
- The National Gallery, London https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/search-the-collection?q=rembrandt&tpf=&tpt=&acf=&act=
- The National Gallery, Washington https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=rembrandt
- The Leiden Collection, New York https://www.theleidencollection.com/artists/rembrandt-van-rijn/
- The Metropolitan Museum, New York https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rmbt/hd_rmbt.htm
Rembrandt’s etchings
- The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam https://www.rembrandthuis.nl/meet-rembrandt/collection/etchings/?lang=en
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?q=rembrandt&f=1&p=1&ps=12&type=prent&st=Objects&ii=0
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem https://www.teylersmuseum.nl/en/@@search?b_start:int=0&set_language=en&SearchableText=rembrandt
- Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam https://www.boijmans.nl/en/exhibitions/virtuosity-and-imagination-rembrandt-etchings-from-the-collection
- The British Museum, London https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG43386
Rembrandt’s drawings
- Catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt’s drawings by Martin Royalton-Kisch http://rembrandtcatalogue.net/
- Rijksmuseum online collection catalogue https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/research/collection-catalogues/drawings-by-rembrandt-and-his-school
Technical research
- Rembrandt Database http://rembrandtdatabase.org/
- Operation Nightwatch https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/operation-night-watch
- Drawing out Rembrandt https://www.nicas-research.nl/projects/drawing-out-rembrandt/
Rembrandt’s pupils
- Digital network web https://agnes.queensu.ca/microsites/rembrandts-circle/
- The Leiden Collection https://www.theleidencollection.com/artists/schoolcircle-of-rembrandt-van-rijn/
For scholarly articles on various aspects of Rembrandt’s life and work, see the various editions of the Kroniek van Museum Rembrandthuis:
https://www.rembrandthuis.nl/meet-rembrandt/kroniek/
Besides the abovementioned online sources we refer you to the following publications*:
Paintings
- A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, I-III – Josua Bruyn, Bob Haak et al., Nijhoff, The Hague, Boston, London 1982-’89
- Rembrandt: his life, his paintings – Gary Schwartz, Harmondsworth 1985
- The Mystery of the Young Rembrandt – Ernst van de Wetering, Bob van den Boogert et al., Wolfratshausen 2001
- The Painter at Work – Ernst van de Wetering, Amsterdam 2003 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/painter-at-work-rembrandt.html
- A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, IV-VI – Ernst van de Wetering et al., Dordrecht 2005-’14
- The Quest of a Genius – Bob van den Boogert (ed.), Ernst van de Wetering, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zwolle 2006
- Rembrandts landschappen – Christiaan Vogelaar et al., Zwolle 2006
- Late Rembrandt – Jonathan Bikker, Gregor Weber et al., Amsterdam 2015
- The Painter Thinking – Ernst van de Wetering, Amsterdam 2016 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/the-painter-thinking.html
- Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited: A Complete Survey – Ernst van de Wetering, Dordrecht, 2017
- Rembrandt: The Complete Paintings – Volker Manuth, Marieke de Winkel and Rudie van Leeuwen, Cologne 2019
Etchings
- The Rembrandt House; a catalogue of Rembrandt etchings – Eva Ornstein-Van Slooten, Marijke Holtrop et al., Amsterdam 1991 (1st ed.) and later
- Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection: catalogue raisonné – Erik Hinterding, Bussum 2008
- New Hollstein Dutch(7 vols.) – Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Oudekerk aan de IJssel 2013
- Under the Spell of Hercules Segers. Rembrandt and the Moderns – Mireille Cornelis, Eddy de Jongh and Leonore van Sloten, Zwolle 2016 https://wbooks.com/winkel/kunst/kunst-oude-kunst/under-the-spell-of-hercules-segers/
- Rembrandt en Jan Six. De ets, de vriendschap – Menno Jonker (ed.), Amsterdam 2017 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/rembrandt-en-jan-six.html
- Painter as Printmaker – Jaco Rutgers and Timothy J. Standring, London 2018 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/painter-as-printmaker.html
- Rembrandt: The Complete Drawings and Etchings – Peter Schatborn and Erik Hinterding, Cologne 2019
Drawings
- Landscapes of Rembrandt. His favourite walks – Boudewijn Bakker, Erik Schmitz (ed.), Bussum 1998
- Rembrandt: the art of drawing – Marijn Schapelhouman, Zwolle 2006
- Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference – Peter Schatborn et al., Los Angeles 2009
- Rembrandt and his circle: drawings in the Frits Lugt collection – Peter Schatborn, Bussum 2010
- Old Drawings, New Names. Rembrandt and his Contemporaries – Peter Schatborn and Leonore van Sloten, Varik 2014 https://www.weideblik.com/product/rembrandt-and-his-contemporaries-old-drawings-new-names/
- Rembrandt’s Naked Truth. Drawing Nude Models in the Golden Age – Judith Noorman and David de Witt, Zwolle 2016 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/nl/rembrandts-naakte-waarheid.html
- Rembrandt: The Complete Drawings and Etchings – Peter Schatborn and Erik Hinterding, Cologne 2019
Biographies
- Rembrandt’s Treasures – Bob van den Boogert (ed.), Zwolle 1999
- The Mystery of the Young Rembrandt – Ernst van de Wetering, Bob van den Boogert et al., Kassel and Amsterdam 2001
- The Quest of a Genius – Bob van den Boogert (ed.), Ernst van de Wetering, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zwolle 2006
- Uylenburgh & son : art and commerce from Rembrandt to De Lairesse, 1625-1675 – Friso Lammertse and Jaap van der Veen, Zwolle 2006
- The Rembrandt Book – Gary Schwartz, New York 2006
- A Life in 180 Paintings – Ernst van de Wetering, Local World 2009 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/a-life-in-180-paintings.html
- Jan Lievens. A Dutch Master Rediscovered – Arthur Wheelock, Jaap van der Veen et al., New Haven 2009 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/jan-lievens-a-dutch-master-rediscovered-hc.html
- Rembrandt & Saskia. Love and Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age – Marlies Stoter, Ben Broos et al., Zwolle 2018 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/rembrandt-and-saskia.html
- Rembrandt en de Nachtwacht – Gabri van Tussenbroek, Amsterdam 2018 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/amsterdam-en-de-nachtwacht.html
- Titus, zoon van Rembrandt – Jeroen Giltaij, Zwolle 2018 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/titus-zoon-van-rembrandt.html
- Rembrandt’s Social Network: Family, friends and acquaintances – Epco Runia (ed.), Amsterdam 2019 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/rembrandts-social-network.html?id=171157724&quantity=1
- Biography of a Rebel – Jonathan Bikker, Amsterdam 2019
- Rembrandt: The Self-Portraits – Volker Manuth and Marieke de Winkel, Venlo 2019
- Rembrandts Plan – Machiel Bosman, Amsterdam 2019
- Black in Rembrandt’s Time – Epco Runia (red.), Amsterdam 2020 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/black.html?id=216389457&quantity=1
- Young Rembrandt – An van Camp, Christiaan Vogelaar and Christopher Brown, Leiden/Oxford 2020 https://shop.ashmolean.org/young-rembrandt-asi-0578.html
- Rembrandt and Amsterdam Portraiture 1590-1670 – Norbert Middelkoop, Leonore van Sloten et al., Madrid 2020
Pupils
- Drawings of the Rembrandt School (10 vols.) – Werner Sumowski, New York 1979-’92 (vols. 11 and 12 forthcoming)
- Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler (6 vols.) – Werner Sumowski, Landau 1983-’94
- Rembrandt’s Late Pupils. Studying under a Genius – David de Witt, Leonore van Sloten and Jaap van der Veen, Amsterdam 2015 https://www.lannoopublishers.com/en/rembrandts-late-pupils
- Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck. Rembrandt’s Master Pupils – Norbert Middelkoop (ed.), Leonore van Sloten, David de Witt et al., Zwolle 2017 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/ferdinand-bol-en-govert-flinck.html
- Abraham van Dijck, c. 1635-1680. Life and work of a late Rembrandt Pupil – David de Witt, Zwolle 2020 https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/abraham-van-dijck.html
*the bibliographies in the publications cited here offer further references to publications, monographic oeuvre overviews and exhibition catalogues