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Baas 2015

Frank Baas: Rembrandts geëtste tronies (Amsterdam 2015). ISBN 978 90 9028850 5

Bikker 2019

Jonathan Bikker: Rembrandt – Biografie van een rebel (Amsterdam 2019) Rijksmuseum, ISBN 978 94 6208 474 2. Bikker was conservator of the Paintings Section at the Rijksmuseum in the ’Rembrandt-year’ 2019. 

Blaazer 2009

Ferry Blaazer, Het naakte lichaam in de etsen van Rembrandt, (Deventer 2009), Uitgeverij Scriptio, ISBN 978 90 8773 015 4

Bol and Flinck 2017 – Dickey 2017

Stephanie Dickey (editor): Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck, New Research, (Zwolle 2017), W-Books, ISBN 978 94 625 8222 4.

Boon 1962

Karel Boon: Rembrandt, Complete Etchings (Secaucus 1962), The Wellfleet Press. ISBN: 1 55521 188 7.

Broos 1985

Ben Broos, Rembrandt and his sources (Amsterdam 1985), Het Rembrandthuis. Catalogue of the exhibition ‘Rembrandt en zijn voorbeelden’. 

Broos 2012

Ben Broos, Saskia, de vrouw van Rembrandt (Zwolle 2012), Uitgeverij W Books. ISBN 978 90 400 0775 0

Description of the life of Saskia and her family and their role in Rembrandt’s life.

Cabanne 2008

Pierre Cabanne, Rembrandt, (Paris 2008) Hachette Livre, Editions Chene. ISBN 978-2-84277-845-3

Dat kan beter! 2013

Catalogue of the exhibition with the same title (Room for Improvement!, Rembrandt and the old Masters) in the Rembrandthuis, november 2013 – January 2014. The exhibition showed examples of graphical works by earlier artists which were clearly examples for Rembrandt when he made his own graphics.

Dickey 2004

Stephanie S. Dickey, Rembrandt: Portraits in Print. In the series “Oculi: Studies in the Art of the Low Countries”. (Amsterdam-Philadelphia 2004) John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 90 272 5339 0.

van Dyke 1927                

John. C. Van Dyke, The Rembrandt Drawings and Etchings (New York-London, 1927). Van Dyke was a professor in the history of art at Rutgers University. He also worked at Princeton, Columbia and Harvard. The book is very critical about the attribution of many drawings and etchings. Most are attributed to pupils of Rembrandt.

Fuchs 1968

Rudi H. Fuchs, Rembrandt in Amsterdam (Rotterdam 1968), Uitgeverij Lemniscaat, 80 pages.

Van Gelder 1947

Dr. H.E. van Gelder, Rembrandt en de Heilige Schrift (Amsterdam 1947), Uitgeverij H.J.W.Becht, 60 pages.

Van Gelder was director of the Haags Gemeente Museum.

Gerson 1969

Hans Gerson, Rembrandt and the Flemish Baroque (1969), Uitgeverij Delta

Giltaij 2023

Jeroen Giltaij, De vrouwen van Rembrandt. Saskia, Geertje, Hendrickje (Zwolle 2023), WBooks, ISBN 978 94 625 8581 2. 176 pages.

De Grote Rembrandt 2006Schwartz 2006

Gary Schwartz, De grote Rembrandt (Zwolle 2006), Waanders, ISBN 978 90 400 8240 5. 384 pages.

The second of two major works by the same author on the subject.

Hamerton 1894

P.G.Hamerton, The Etchings of Rembrandt. Seeley & Co Ltd (London 1894). One of the much read standard works about Rembrandt. Provenance: Kunsthandlung Helmuth Rumbler – Frankfurt. Ex libris of an unknown previous owner.

Hinterding 2006

Erik Hinterding,  Rembrandt as an etcher. The practice of production and distribution. Two volumes. From the series Studies in prints and printmaking. Sound and Vision Publishers (Ouderkerk a/d IJssel 2006), ISBN 90 77551 39 5.

A report resulting from extensive research regarding the watermarks found in impressions of Rembrandt etchings.

Hinterding 2008

Erik Hinterding, Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt Collection. Catalogue raisonné. 2 volumes. Thoth Publishers/Fondation Custodia (Bussum/Paris 2008), ISBN 978 90 6868 417 9

Since 2008 this publication is the standard in the identification of the (many new) states, based on extensive watermark research. It is also the basis for the New Hollstein published five years later in cooperation with Jacco Rutgers.

Hoekveld-Meijer 2005

Gerda Hoekveld-Meier: De God van Rembrandt. Uitgeverij Meinema, Zoetermeer, ISBN 90 211 4059 4. 206 pages. A quite technical thesis, searching for the theological mission in Rembrandt’s Biblical paintings and etchings, based on ‘mapping’.

De Jong-Knap 2012

Froukje de Jong-Knap, Saskia Uylenburgh 1612-1642 meisje, liefde, muze, vrouw, moeder. Uit de schaduw van Rembrandt (Sint-Annaparochie 2012), Stichting Ons Bildt, ISBN 978 90 70679 00 2. 128 pages.

De ‘joodse’ Rembrandt 2006

Alexander-Knotter, Hillegers, van Voolen: De ‘joodse’ Rembrandt, De mythe ontrafeld. Uitgeverij Waanders (Zwolle 2006), ISBN 978 90 4000 8301 3, 96 pages.

Catalogue to the exhibition with the same title in the Joods Historsich Museum in Amsterdam, November 2006-February 2007

Kroniek 2016

Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis, published in 2016

Krönig, 1965

W.Krönig: ‘Cranach und Gossaert bei Rembrandts Darstellungen der Johannesenthaupting’ in Festschrift Dr. Eduard Trautscholdt, Hamburg 1965

Lieure 1924

Jules Lieure, Jacques Callot (Paris 1924-29, reprint New York 1969) 8 vols. Describing the work of etcher Callot

Regie Rembrandt 2024

Regie: Rembrandt, Catalogue to the exhibition at the Rembranthuis (Amsterdam, 2024), about the relationship between Rembrandt and 17th century theatre. Uitgeverij WBooks, ISBN 978 94 625 8609 3

Rembrandt 1669/1969            

Rembrandt 1669/1969. Catalogue to the exhibition at the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1969), commemorating the 300th year of Rembrandt’s death on October 4, 1669.

Rembrandt & Van Vliet 1996

Rembrandt & Van Vliet, A Collaboration on Copper. Catalogue to the exhibition in the Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam/Zwolle 1996. Volume I of Studies in Dutch Graphic Art. ISBN 90 400 9782 8.

Rembrandt by himself 1999

Rembrandt by himself. Catalogue to the exhibition in the National Gallery in London and the Mauritshuis in The Hague, in 199-2000. Edited by Christopher White and Quentin Buvelot. Thames & Hudson, London 1999. ISBN 1 85709 270 8.

Dutch version: Rembrandt zelf.

Rembrandt creates Rembrandt, 2000

Rembrandt creates Rembrandt, Art and ambition in Leiden, 1692-1631.  (Boston/Zwolle, 2000). Catalogue to an exhibition devoted to his works from that period at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (USA).

Rembrandts engel 2006            Spijkerboer 2006

Dr. A.M. Spijkerboer, Rembrandts engel, bijbelverhalen van een schilder (Skandalon, Vught, 2006). ISBN 90 76564 18 3

Rembrandt’s Nose 2007            Taylor 2007

Michael Taylor, Rembrandt’s Nose (Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 2007). ISBN: 978 1 933045 44 3.

Rembrandt’s paintings revisited 2017                               Corpus VI 2017

Ernst van de Wetering, Rembrandt’s Paintings revisited, Corpus VI (Dordrecht 2017), Uitgeverij Springer. ISBN 978 94 024 1027 3

Rembrandts Passie 2006

Peter van der Coelen, Rembrandts Passie (Rotterdam 2006). Catalogue to the exhibition in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 14 October 2006- 21 January 2007, ISBN 978 90 6918 220 9

Rembrandt’s Women 2001                       Lloyd Williams 2001

Julia Lloyd Williams: Rembrandt’s Women (Prestel Verlag, Munich, London, New York, 2001). Catalogue to the exhibition in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh and the Royal Acedamy of Arts in London in 2001. ISBN 3 7913 2498 5

Rifkin 2020

Joshua Rifkin: Rembrandt and Burchard Grossmann the Younger: Some Context, Some Speculations. Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis 2020, 23-63.  https://doi.org/10.48296/KvhR2020.02

Rijke traditie 2015

Een Rijke Traditie: Twee eeuwen Nederlandse prentkunst (Amsterdam 2015). Catalogue to the exhibition in Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Amsterdam), consisting of works from four private Dutch collections. Autumn 2015, ISBN 978 90 77767 60 3

Rising star 2019

Christopher Brown, An van Camp, Christiaan Vogelaar: Jonge Rembrandt, rising star. (uitgeverij W Books, Zwolle). Exhibition in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Lakenhal in Leiden. ISBN 978 1 910807 34 7,  320 pages.

Rohde 2005

Shelley Rohde: Rembrandt, leven en werk van A-Z. (Uitgeverij Thoth,  Bussum), ISBN 90 6868 400 0.

158 pages. A general view on Rembrandt’s oeuvre in 26 paragraphs.

Rosenberg 2017

Charles M. Rosenberg: Rembrandt’s Religious Prints (Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2017), ISBN 978 0 253 02587 6. 476 pages.

Catalogue of the religious prints in the Feddersen Collectio of the Snite Museum of Art at the university of Notre Dame in Indiana.

Rutgers/Standring 2018

Jaco Rutgers and Timothy J. Standring: Rembrandt – Painter as Printmaker, (New Haven 2018), Yale University Press, 978 0 300 23429 9.

Catalogue to the exhibition at the Denver Art Museum in Denver (CO) from September 2018 till January 2019.

Schama 1999

Simon Schama, Rembrandt’s Eyes (London 1999), Penguin Books, 978 0 141 97953 3

Dutch translation: De Ogen van Rembrandt (Amsterdam/Antwerpen 1999), Uitgeverij Contact, ISBN 90 254 1195 9

Sluyter 2006

Eric Jan Sluyter: Rembrandt and the female nude (Amsterdam 2006), Amsterdam University Press, ISBN 978 90 5356 837 8

Stogdon 2012

Nicholas Stogdon: Etchings by Rembrandt, in a private collection (Samuel Josefowitz). Privately published by the family.

Van Straten 2005

Roelof van Straten: Rembrandts Leidse Tijd, 1606-1632 (Leiden 2005). Foleor Publishers. ISBN 90 75035 21 7

Tromp & Maas 1999

Nico Tromp en Jacques Maas, Voorlezen uit Rembrandt (Tielt 1999). Lannoo. ISBN 978 90 209 3800 5

Duiding van een aantal werken aan de hand van de concrete Bijbelteksten.

Tümpel 1970

Christian Tümpel, Rembrandt legt die Bible aus: Zeignungen und Radierungen aus dem Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlischen Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin 1970).

Tümpel 2006

Christian Tümpel, e.a., Rembrandt en de Bijbel (Zwolle 2006), ISBN 978 90 400 8283 2

Verdi 2014

Richard Verdi, Rembrandt’s Themes, Life into Art (New Haven and London, 2014), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-20153-6

Vevey 1997

Les Collections du Cabinet Cantonal des Estampes – Musée Jenisch, Vevey (Switzerland).

Victoria Charles

Vogelaar 2006

Christiaan Vogelaar en Gregor Weber, Rembrandts Landschappen (Exhibitions in Leiden and Kassel), Waanders 2006, ISBN 978 90 400 9139 1 

Wandelingen 1998

Boudewijn Bakker, Maria van Berge-Gerbaud, Jan Peeters en Erik Schmitz: Het landschap van Rembrandt, Wandelingen in en om Amsterdam (Bussum 1998), Uitgeverij Thoth, Gemeentearchief Amsterdam. ISBN 906868 203 2

vd Wetering 2009

Van de Wetering, Rembrandt’s unfinished Hundred Guilder Print in mirror image in Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis (Amsterdam 2009)

White 1999

Christopher White, Rembrandt, (London 1984, reprint 1999) Thames and Hudson. In the series World of Art. ISBN: 0-500-20195-1

Zeist 2012          Laurentius 2012

Laurentius, Etsen van Rembrandt en tijdgenoten, Catalogus bij gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Slot Zeist (Zeist 2012) ISBN: 978 9061 094 289