Most people think of Rembrandt foremost as a painter but if Rembrandt never picked up a brush and toiled only as a printmaker he’d still stride Olympus hand-in-hand with Apollo; Rembrandt’s virtuoso oeuvre of etchings vouchsafe Rembrandt’s sui generis mas...
Note: a wonderful companion book if not a prerequisite to the Hollstein Rembrandt books is Rembrandt as an Etcher: A Study of the Artist at Work (Christopher White, Yale University Press, 2 nd Ed., 1999); even a layman or rather a dilettante like myself l...
I think I would enjoy these volumes very much as I love Rembrandt’s work but know very little about his production as an etcher or engraver. His self portraits, in particular, have always been absolute favorites of mine. Best.
Review of The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1400–1700, Rembrandt . Enclosed is the review of the Rembrandt book(s) for the Rembrandt fan...hopefully the review is legible. ...