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Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection explores the extraordinary breadth and depth of artistic innovation in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Following the development of Dutch art through a selection of 74 history paintings, genre scenes, and portraits from about 1620 to 1690, the exhibition provides a comprehensive understanding of the history of Dutch art during its Golden Age through The Leiden Collection.

During the Golden Age, Dutch artists became interested in naturalistic depictions of the world around them, which provided insight into the human experience. This exhibition examines the proliferation of this interest through paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Lievens, as well as those by Rembrandt’s first pupil, Gerrit Dou, and “the prince” of Dou’s pupils, Frans van Mieris, both of whom developed the fine manner of painting known as fijnschilderij. In addition, the exhibition explores the burst of creativity that took place in other Dutch cities, spurred by artists such as Frans Hals, Hendrick ter Bruggen, Gabriel Metsu, Jan Steen, and Johannes Vermeer.

Photographs from the Exhibition

The Catalogue

A fully illustrated, Chinese-English bilingual exhibition catalogue accompanies Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection.

The catalogue contains a Foreword by Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan, and two essays by Curator Dr. Lara Yeager-Crasselt on The Leiden Collection in the Dutch Golden Age, as well as China and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. 74 color-illustrated catalogue entries, as well as a selected bibliography are also included. The catalogue is published by Boundless Times Ltd., Beijing.

Exhibition Video

*Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection*

Learn about the exhibition through this video featuring Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan and Dr. Lara Yeager-Crasselt, joined by Dr. Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Curator of Northern Baroque Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and Dr. Ronni Baer, Senior Curator of European Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This video was created by Video Art Productions.

Artwork in the Exhibition

Extraordinary Beginnings: Rembrandt van Rijn in Leiden

The works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan Lievens in The Leiden Collection provide a window into both artists’ formative years. This foundation stimulated an artistic dialogue between these two artists, as well as the larger circle that emerged around them.

**Isaac de Jouderville** *Portrait of Rembrandt in Oriental Dress*

The Earliest Paintings: Allegory of the Senses

The works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Jan…

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Three Musicians (Allegory of Hearing)*

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell)*

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Stone Operation (Allegory of Touch)*

Rembrandt’s Teacher

Born in Leiden in 1606, Rembrandt began his artistic training…

**Pieter Lastman** *David Gives Uriah a Letter for Joab*

Inspiration and Competition

Returning to Leiden, Rembrandt developed a friendship and rivalry with…

**Hendrick ter Brugghen** *Allegory of Faith*

**Jan Lievens** *Bookkeeper at His Desk*

**Jan Lievens** *Boy in a Cape and Turban (Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Palatinate)*

The Earliest Paintings: Allegory of the Senses

Rembrandt’s Teacher

Born in Leiden in 1606, Rembrandt began his artistic training in the city of his birth, subsequently spending six highly formative months with Amsterdam history painter Pieter Lastman.

Inspiration and Competition

Returning to Leiden, Rembrandt developed a friendship and rivalry with fellow artist Jan Lievens. The two artists’ interests in self-portraiture, their depictions of figures in exotic costume, and their evocative uses of light and shadow are merely a few ways in which we ourselves experience their process of artistic exploration.

Artist Isaac de Jouderville (Leiden ca. 1612 – 1645/48 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of Rembrandt in Oriental Dress, ca. 1631
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Three Musicians (Allegory of Hearing), ca. 1624–25
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell), ca. 1624–25
Medium: oil on panel, inset into an eighteenth-century panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Stone Operation (Allegory of Touch), ca. 1624–25
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Pieter Lastman (Amsterdam 1583 – 1633 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: David Gives Uriah a Letter for Joab, 1619
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Hendrick ter Brugghen (The Hague 1588 – 1629 Utrecht)

Artwork title: Allegory of Faith, ca. 1626
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Card Players, ca. 1625
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Bookkeeper at His Desk, ca. 1627
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Self-Portrait, ca. 1629–30
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Boy in a Cape and Turban (Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Palatinate), ca. 1631
Medium: oil on panel

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The Center of the Golden Age: Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Rembrandt left Leiden for Amsterdam in 1631, where he entered the workshop of art dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh, and began receiving commissions from Amsterdam’s urban elite. Rembrandt’s portraits, preparatory studies, and history paintings, seen here, illustrate the expressive technique the artist employed to poignantly convey the human experience.

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes*

Portraiture

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Portrait of a Man in a Red Coat*

**Rembrandt van Rijn and Workshop** *Portrait of Antonie Coopal*

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Young Girl in a Gold-Trimmed Cloak*

Preparatory Studies

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Study of a Woman in a White Cap*

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Portrait of an Old Man (Possibly a Rabbi)*

Minerva in Her Study

Rembrandt’s Circle and the Spread of Innovation

**Gerbrand van den Eeckhout** *Simeon in the Temple*

**Willem de Poorter** *Solomon and the Queen of Sheba*

**Ferdinand Bol** *Man with a Fur-Trimmed Hat*

Divine Lessons

**Ferdinand Bol** *Angel Appearing to Elijah*

**Carel Fabritius** *Hagar and the Angel*

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes, 1634
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of a Man in a Red Coat, 1633
Medium: oil on oval panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn and Workshop (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of Antonie Coopal, 1635
Medium: oil on Brazilian chestnut (sucupira)

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Young Girl in a Gold-Trimmed Cloak, 1632
Medium: oil on oval panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Head of a Girl, ca. 1645
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Study of a Woman in a White Cap, ca. 1640
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of an Old Man (Possibly a Rabbi), ca. 1645
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Minerva in Her Study, 1635
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Amsterdam 1621 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Simeon in the Temple, 1672
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Willem de Poorter (Haarlem? 1608 – after 1648 Haarlem?)

Artwork title: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, ca. 1630
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht 1616 – 1680 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Man with a Fur-Trimmed Hat, ca. 1646–48
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht 1616 – 1680 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Angel Appearing to Elijah, ca. 1642
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Carel Fabritius (Middenbeemster 1622 – 1654 Delft)

Artwork title: Hagar and the Angel, ca. 1645
Medium: oil on canvas

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Fine Painting in Leiden: Gerrit Dou and Frans van Mieris

Rembrandt’s first pupil in Leiden, Gerrit Dou, did not paint with bold colors in the fluid manner popularized by his master. Instead, he developed a distinctive style known as fijnschilderij, or fine painting. Marked by an extraordinary precision of brushstroke, Dou’s inventive and illustionistic compositions were further explored by the “prince among his pupils,” Frans van Mieris, whose artwork demanded some of the highest prices of the period.

**Attributed to Gerrit Dou** *Self-Portrait (?) at an Easel*

**Gerrit Dou** *Cat Crouching on the Ledge of an Artist’s Atelier*

The Scholarly Tradition

**Gerrit Dou** *Scholar Sharpening His Quill*

**Gerrit Dou** *Scholar Interrupted at His Writing*

Dou’s Posterity: Frans van Mieris and Godefridus Schalcken

**Frans van Mieris** *Child’s Lesson (Hannah Entrusting Her Son Samuel into the Care of the High Priest Eli?)*

**Frans van Mieris** *Death of Lucretia*

**Gerrit Dou** *Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn*

**Frans van Mieris** *Portrait of a Lady*

**Gerrit Dou** *Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap*

**Frans van Mieris** *“Self-Portrait” with a Plumed Beret*

**Frans van Mieris** *Tronie Self-Portrait of the Artist, Bust-length, Wearing a Turban Crowned with a Feather, and Fur-trimmed Robe*

**Caspar Netscher** *Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham*

**Willem van Mieris** *Diana, Goddess of the Hunt*

**Godefridus Schalcken** *Young Man and Woman Studying a Statue of Venus, by Lamplight*

**Godefridus Schalcken** *Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver*

**Godefridus Schalcken** *Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing*

**Frans van Mieris** *Elderly Couple in an Interior*

**Gabriel Metsu** *Smoker Seated at a Table*

Artist Attributed to Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Self-Portrait (?) at an Easel, ca. 1628–29
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Goat in a Landscape, ca. 1660–65
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Herring Seller and Boy, ca. 1664
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Cat Crouching on the Ledge of an Artist’s Atelier, 1657
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Scholar Sharpening His Quill, ca. 1632-35
Medium: oil on oval panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Old Man Praying, ca. 1665–70
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Scholar Interrupted at His Writing, ca. 1635
Medium: oil on oval panel

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: Child’s Lesson (Hannah Entrusting Her Son Samuel into the Care of the High Priest Eli?), ca. 1656–57
Medium: oil on panel with arched top

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: Death of Lucretia, 1679
Medium: oil on panel with arched top

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Portrait of a Woman in Profile, ca. 1635–40
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Portrait of Dirck van Beresteyn, ca. 1652
Medium: oil on oval silver-copper alloy

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: Portrait of a Lady, 1673
Medium: oil on panel with arched top

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Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artwork title: Portrait of a Lady, Seated with a Music Book on Her Lap, ca. 1640–44
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: “Self-Portrait” with a Plumed Beret, 1668
Medium: oil on oval panel

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Artist Frans van Mieris (1667/68)

Artwork title: Tronie Self-Portrait of the Artist, Bust-length, Wearing a Turban Crowned with a Feather, and Fur-trimmed Robe, 1667/68
Medium: Oil on oak panel, oval

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: Traveler at Rest, ca. 1657
Medium: oil on copper

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Artist Caspar Netscher (Prague or Heidelberg ca. 1639 – 1684 The Hague)

Artwork title: Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham, 1673
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662 – 1747 Leiden)

Artwork title: Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, 1686
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artwork title: Young Man and Woman Studying a Statue of Venus, by Lamplight, ca. 1688–92
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artwork title: Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver, ca. 1680–85
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artwork title: Diana and Her Nymphs in a Clearing, ca. 1685–92
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artwork title: Elderly Couple in an Interior, ca. 1650–55
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Smoker Seated at a Table, ca. 1654–57
Medium: oil on copper

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Picturing Everyday Life in the Dutch Republic

Genre painters such as Gabriel Metsu, Gerard ter Borch, and Jan Steen depicted a variety of subjects, from village fairs and music playing, to quiet scenes of family life and leisurely pursuits. Over the course of the century, interest shifted to depictions of the upper class in elegant interiors, as evidenced by Johannes Vermeer’s Young Woman Seated at a Virginal. The evolution of this popular genre was a result of artists’ enduring interest in the world that surrounded them.

Personalities and Professions

**Cornelis de Man** *Portrait of the Pharmacist Dr. Ysbrand Ysbrandsz. (1634/35–1705) in an Interior*

**Frans Hals** *Portrait of Conradus Viëtor*

**Frans Hals** *Portrait of Samuel Ampzing*

**Michiel van Musscher** *Portrait of the Artist in His Studio*

**Gabriel Metsu** *Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing*

Intimacies and Pleasures of Domestic Life

**Gabriel Metsu** *Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter*

**Gerard ter Borch the Younger** *Lady Tickling a Sleeping Soldier*

**Gerard ter Borch the Younger** *Guardroom Interior with Soldiers Smoking and Playing Cards*

**Jacobus Vrel** *Interior with a Sick Woman by a Fireplace*

**Gerard ter Borch the Younger** *Musical Company*

**Jan Steen** *Self-Portrait with a Lute: Sense of Hearing*

Humor, Folly, and Delight

**Jan Steen** *Peasants Merrymaking Outside an Inn (Previously “Fair at Warmond”)*

From Farm to Table

**Gabriel Metsu** *Old Woman at Her Meal in an Interior*

**Gabriel Metsu** *Woman Selling Game from a Stall*

Elegant Interiors

**Eglon van der Neer** *Lady Playing a Lute in an Interior*

**Caspar Netscher** *Portrait of Susanna Doublet Huygens*

**Caspar Netscher** *Two Women in an Interior with a Basket of Lemons*

Johannes Vermeer

Artist Cornelis de Man (Delft 1621 – 1706 Delft)

Artwork title: Portrait of the Pharmacist Dr. Ysbrand Ysbrandsz. (1634/35–1705) in an Interior, ca. 1667
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Frans Hals (Antwerp 1582/83 – 1666 Haarlem)

Artwork title: Portrait of Conradus Viëtor, 1644
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Frans Hals (Antwerp 1582/83 – 1666 Haarlem)

Artwork title: Portrait of Samuel Ampzing, 1630
Medium: oil on copper

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Artist Michiel van Musscher (Rotterdam 1645 – 1705 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of the Artist in His Studio, 1673
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing, ca. 1654–56
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter, ca. 1658–61
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jacob van Loo (Sluis 1614 – 1670 Paris)

Artwork title: Young Man Reading, ca. 1650
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Zwolle 1617 – 1681 Deventer)

Artwork title: Lady Tickling a Sleeping Soldier, ca. 1655
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Zwolle 1617 – 1681 Deventer)

Artwork title: Guardroom Interior with Soldiers Smoking and Playing Cards, ca. 1640
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jacobus Vrel (Active 1654 – 1662)

Artwork title: Interior with a Sick Woman by a Fireplace, ca. 1654–56
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jacob Toorenvliet (Leiden 1640 – 1719 Leiden)

Artwork title: Doctor’s Visit, ca. 1666–67
Medium: oil on copper

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Artist Gerard ter Borch the Younger (Zwolle 1617 – 1681 Deventer)

Artwork title: Musical Company, ca. 1642–44
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Self-Portrait with a Lute: Sense of Hearing, ca. 1664
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Peasants Merrymaking Outside an Inn (Previously “Fair at Warmond”), ca. 1676
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Old Woman at Her Meal in an Interior, ca. 1654–57
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Woman Selling Game from a Stall, ca. 1653–54
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Prayer Before the Meal, 1660
Medium: oil on oak panel

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Artist Eglon van der Neer (Amsterdam 1634/36 – 1703 Düsseldorf)

Artwork title: Lady Playing a Lute in an Interior, 1675
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Caspar Netscher (Prague or Heidelberg ca. 1639 – 1684 The Hague)

Artwork title: Portrait of Susanna Doublet Huygens, 1669
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Caspar Netscher (Prague or Heidelberg ca. 1639 – 1684 The Hague)

Artwork title: Two Women in an Interior with a Basket of Lemons, ca. 1664–65
Medium: oil on panel

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Artist Johannes Vermeer (Delft 1632 – 1675 Delft)

Artwork title: Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, ca. 1672–75
Medium: oil on canvas

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Historical Lessons and Tales of Morality

Within the context of genre scenes, historical subjects, and portraiture, Dutch artists often imbued their artworks with symbolic, and even moralizing meanings. These cautionary tales provide insight into seventeenth-century Dutch values, and serve as reflections of contemporary social, political, and religious events.

Jan Steen, Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Beware of Riches

**Jan Steen** *Lazarus and the Rich Man or “In Luxury Beware”*

**Jan Steen** *Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra*

Staging the Modern Artist: Expressions of a New Beginning

The artistic innovations of Rembrandt and his circle…

**Rembrandt van Rijn** *Portrait of a Seated Woman with Her Hands Clasped*

**Arent de Gelder** *Old Testament Figure, Probably King Solomon*

Staging the Modern Artist: Expressions of a New Beginning

The artistic innovations of Rembrandt and his circle would prove instrumental for future generations of artists. Rembrandt’s late works, and those by his last pupil, Arent de Gelder, are characterized by the expressive brushwork and gravitas that would open the door for modern painting, and continue to influence artists today.

Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1671
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Lazarus and the Rich Man or “In Luxury Beware”, ca. 1677
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Jan Steen (Leiden 1626 – 1679 Leiden)

Artwork title: Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra, ca. 1673–75
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artwork title: Portrait of a Seated Woman with Her Hands Clasped, 1660
Medium: oil on canvas

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Artist Arent de Gelder (Dordrecht 1645 – 1727 Dordrecht)

Artwork title: Old Testament Figure, Probably King Solomon, ca. 1685–90
Medium: oil on canvas

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Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

Photographs from the Exhibition

A fully illustrated, Chinese-English bilingual exhibition catalogue accompanies Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection.

Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

Extraordinary Beginnings: Rembrandt van Rijn in Leiden

The Earliest Paintings: Allegory of the Senses

Rembrandt’s Teacher

Inspiration and Competition

The Earliest Paintings: Allegory of the Senses

Rembrandt’s Teacher

Inspiration and Competition

Artist Isaac de Jouderville (Leiden ca. 1612 – 1645/48 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Pieter Lastman (Amsterdam 1583 – 1633 Amsterdam)

Artist Hendrick ter Brugghen (The Hague 1588 – 1629 Utrecht)

Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artist Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607 – 1674 Amsterdam)

The Center of the Golden Age: Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Portraiture

Preparatory Studies

Minerva in Her Study

Rembrandt’s Circle and the Spread of Innovation

Divine Lessons

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn and Workshop (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606 – 1669 Amsterdam)

Artist Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Amsterdam 1621 – 1674 Amsterdam)

Artist Willem de Poorter (Haarlem? 1608 – after 1648 Haarlem?)

Artist Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht 1616 – 1680 Amsterdam)

Artist Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht 1616 – 1680 Amsterdam)

Artist Carel Fabritius (Middenbeemster 1622 – 1654 Delft)

Fine Painting in Leiden: Gerrit Dou and Frans van Mieris

The Scholarly Tradition

Dou’s Posterity: Frans van Mieris and Godefridus Schalcken

Artist Attributed to Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613 – 1675 Leiden)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Frans van Mieris (1667/68)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Caspar Netscher (Prague or Heidelberg ca. 1639 – 1684 The Hague)

Artist Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662 – 1747 Leiden)

Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artist Godefridus Schalcken (Made 1643 – 1706 The Hague)

Artist Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635 – 1681 Leiden)

Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Picturing Everyday Life in the Dutch Republic

Personalities and Professions

Intimacies and Pleasures of Domestic Life

Humor, Folly, and Delight

From Farm to Table

Elegant Interiors

Johannes Vermeer

Artist Cornelis de Man (Delft 1621 – 1706 Delft)

Artist Frans Hals (Antwerp 1582/83 – 1666 Haarlem)

Artist Frans Hals (Antwerp 1582/83 – 1666 Haarlem)

Artist Michiel van Musscher (Rotterdam 1645 – 1705 Amsterdam)

Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artist Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629 – 1667 Amsterdam)

Artist Jacob van Loo (Sluis 1614 – 1670 Paris)