On March 18, Rembrandt’s old house on the Jodenbreestraat will reopen after a renovation. Meanwhile, around the corner, in the Hermitage Amsterdam, you can admire 35 paintings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries in the exhibition Rembrandt & Contemporaries, History Paintings from The Leiden Collection. The seventeenth century was the heyday of history paintings, the most acclaimed genre at the time. Rembrandt’s paintings and his conviction that a true painter should be a history painter are the leitmotif of the exhibition. Let yourself be carried away by scenes full of gods, heroes and Biblical figures.
The history paintings in this exhibition come from The Leiden Collection, a unique private collection from New York. Named after Rembrandt’s birthplace, the collection focuses on works by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. Rembrandt & contemporaries, history pieces from The Leiden Collection is on view from Saturday 4 February.
