September 18, 2007-January 6, 2008Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor
The Metropolitan Museum is home to the finest collection of Dutch art outside of Europe"”including 20 works by Rembrandt himself"”and all 228 of these masterpieces are displayed together for the first time in this major special exhibition. The exhibition, which coincides with the publication of the first catalogue of the collection, celebrates Rembrandt's 400th birthday. On view is a rich array of works dating mostly between 1600 and 1700"”landscapes, genre pictures, still lifes, marine views, portraiture, and historical and biblical paintings"”by Rembrandt and other celebrated Dutch masters such as Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Gerard ter Borch, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Aelbert Cuyp. Broadly outlining how the collection was formed, the exhibition reflects the taste for Dutch art in America and among New York's great collectors of the past two centuries.
Accompanied by a catalogue and a Bulletin.
The exhibition is made possible by Accenture.
The publication is made possible by Hata Stichting Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Zukerman.
Additional support is provided by the Kowitz Family Foundation and The Christian Humann Foundation.
The Metropolitan Museum is home to the finest collection of Dutch art outside of Europe"”including 20 works by Rembrandt himself"”and all 228 of these masterpieces are displayed together for the first time in this major special exhibition. The exhibition, which coincides with the publication of the first catalogue of the collection, celebrates Rembrandt's 400th birthday. On view is a rich array of works dating mostly between 1600 and 1700"”landscapes, genre pictures, still lifes, marine views, portraiture, and historical and biblical paintings"”by Rembrandt and other celebrated Dutch masters such as Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Gerard ter Borch, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Aelbert Cuyp. Broadly outlining how the collection was formed, the exhibition reflects the taste for Dutch art in America and among New York's great collectors of the past two centuries.
Accompanied by a catalogue and a Bulletin.
The exhibition is made possible by Accenture.
The publication is made possible by Hata Stichting Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. M.E. Zukerman.
Additional support is provided by the Kowitz Family Foundation and The Christian Humann Foundation.
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