Jonathan Bikker Knihy

An authoritative biography of the Dutch Master In 2019, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt (1606–69), Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is honoring the artist with an unprecedented exhibition, appropriately titled All the Rembrandts . The “Year of Rembrandt” also brings us Biography of a Rebel , an authoritative biography of the Dutch Master written by acclaimed Rembrandt scholar Jonathan Bikker and designed by Irma Boom. The Rijksmuseum’s collection of Rembrandt’s paintings offers a coherent overview of the artist’s life―from his early Self-Portrait as a Young Man (c. 1628) to his late Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul (1661)―and Biography of a Rebel fills in the context around these and other works, painting an unparalleled picture of Rembrandt as a human being, as an artist, as a storyteller and as an innovator.Jonathan Bikker (born 1965) has worked at the Rijksmuseum since 2001 and has been Curator of Research since 2006. He studied Art History at McMaster University and Queen’s University in Canada. In the Rijksmuseum’s Fine Arts department, he primarily works as writer and editor-in-chief of a series of catalogs of 17th-century North Dutch paintings. He has also contributed to a number of Rijksmuseum exhibition catalogs.

The Rijksmuseum is home to the world’s largest collection of paintings by Rembrandt (1606–69), including the legendary works The Night Watch , The Jewish Bride , The Syndics and the great portraits of the couple Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit. The museum also boasts a vast collection of Rembrandt’s drawings and etchings. In this volume, for the first time, all 22 paintings and 60 drawings―as well as 300 of the most beautiful etchings in the collection―are presented together. Designed by Irma Boom, Rembrandt × Rijksmuseum is both compactly sized and―at more than 800 pages―vast in scope, offering a thrilling and attractive new experience of the artist in book form.Rembrandt × Rijksmuseum is published on the occasion of the Rijksmuseum exhibition All the Rembrandts , in what has been officially designated as the Year of Rembrandt 2019. The paintings, drawings and etchings gathered here offer an unparalleled perspective on Rembrandt the artist, the human being and the storyteller.

Das Werk von Rembrandt ab den 1650er-Jahren zeigt einen individuellen Stil durch den Einsatz vielfältiger Materialien und Techniken. Die Texte von Experten beleuchten Themen wie Stofflichkeit, Lichtdarstellung und seine ungewöhnlichen Motive sowie seine technischen Experimente und berühmten Werke.

An enlightening account of the history and intriguing artistic analysis of one of the most famous treasures of Rijksmuseum - Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'.