> Dear All,
>
> In October 2005 the long awaited "A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings IV"
> on the Self-portraits will be published:
>
> After the publication of Volume III the approach of the first three
> volumes needed to be revised. It had become clear that the strictly
> chronological method employed in those books would not be effective
> for the final period, covering 1642 until 1669 (the year that
> Rembrandt died). The project group therefore chose for a method in
> which larger groups of pictorially interconnected works were studied,
> such as the self-portraits, portraits, historical paintings etc.
> Rembrandt's workshop practice was scrutinized more closely as well.
> In Volume IV the focus lies on Rembrandt's self-portraits. During this
> research it became obvious that matters of authenticity cannot be
> viewed separately from questions relating to the original function and
> meaning of these works. Rembrandt's intriguing life-long practice of
> portraying himself in front of a mirror is examined in depth in this
> volume. As a result, not only has the group of approximately forty
> painted self-portraits gained transparency, but also new insights have
> been developed regarding Rembrandt's drawn and etched self-portraits.
> The problems of authenticity relating to a substantial amount of
> self-portraits which in the past were attributed to Rembrandt in this
> volume receive an unexpected nuance: through a combination of
> technical and stylistic research it is demonstrated that some of
> Rembrandt's self-portraits were in fact painted by others in his
> workshop.
> In clear and accessible explanatory texts the different paintings are
> discussed. Among the many illustrations are life-size colour
> reproductions of the faces of the self-portraits under discussion.
> Details are shown where possible, as well as the results of modern day
> technical imaging like X-radiography.
> The volume contains an - in several respects eye-opening - essay by
> the head of the Rembrandt Research Project, Ernst van de Wetering, on
> the problems of authenticity and function of Rembrandt's
> self-portraits. In addition, the book includes groundbreaking
> contributions by Marieke de Winkel on the meaning of dress and costume
> in Rembrandt's self-portraits, by Karin Groen on the use of grounds in
> Rembrandt's workshop and in paintings by his contemporaries, and a
> study by Jaap van der Veen concerning 17th-century ideas about
> authenticity in art.
> A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings IV
> Self-Portraits
> Series: Rembrandt Research Project Foundation
> <http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40361-69-33
> 111066-0,00.html> , Vol. 4
> van de Wetering, Ernst (Ed.)
> 2005, Approx. 750 p. 665 illus., 250 in colour., Hardcover
> ISBN: 1-4020-3280-3
> Prepublication price , valid until Dec 31, 2005: 800,00 EUR
> Anyone who would like to have more information can always contact me.
> Kind regards,
> Charles Erkelens
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