Catalog of an exhibition held at the Rembrandt House Museum and the Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, October 13, 2017-February 18, 2018. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Leonore van Sloten and Norbert Middelkoop -- Timeline / Sophia Thomassen -- Govert Flinck learns to paint like Rembrandt / David de Witt -- Ferdinand Bol: Rembrandt's disciple / David de Witt and Leonore van Sloten -- Tronies in the work of Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol / Francisca Gottwald -- Govert Flinck, Ferdinand bol and their networks of influential clients / Erna E. Kok -- Flinck and Bol's companions in art / Tom van der Molen -- Ferdinand Bol in Italy / Tom van der Molen and Norbert Middelkoop -- Out of Rembrandt's shadow : Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol as history painters / Eric Jan Sluijter -- Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck in the Burgomasters' cabinet / Eric Jan Sluijter -- Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol: the portraits / Rudi Ekkart -- Flinck and Bol: the group portraits / Norbert Middelkoop -- Flinck and Bol: the black presence / Imara Limon -- Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol: drawings / Peter Schatborn -- Ferdinand Bol, the etcher / Leonore van Sloten -- Allegories of birth and death / Tom van der Molen -- Catalogue of exhibited works.
Summary:
Bol and Flinck are Rembrandt's two most important pupils. Their impressive work is admired all over the world, streets have been named after them, and after three and a half centuries this exhibition is at last bringing them out of their teacher's shadow. With superb portraits and dramatic scenes based on the Bible and the Classics, Bol and Flinck met the demands of their clients, who included prosperous merchants and representatives of the country's maritime and political power. Exhibition: Museum Het Rembrandthuis & Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (13.10.2017-18.02.2018).
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