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Rembrandt seen through Jewish eyes : the artist's meaning to Jews from his time to ours
Title
Rembrandt seen through Jewish eyes : the artist's meaning to Jews from his time to ours / Mirjam Knotter & Gary Schwartz (eds.).
ISBN
9789463728188
946372818X
9789048556755
Publication
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
279 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Published in connection with the exhibition intended to be held at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, October 19, 2022 - January 15, 2023.-- https://www.jewish-museum.ru/en/events/rembrandt-seen-through-jewish-eyes-the-webinar/
The planned exhibition was postponed indefinitely after Russia began its "special military operation" in Ukraine, 2022 February 23.--Page 251.
Each article begins with "Abstract" and list of "Keywords", in English.
Text in English; includes abstracts in English; includes quotations in French, Dutch, or German, in "Notes."
Access and use
"Creative Commons License CC BY NC ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )"--Title page verso.
Summary
"The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting 'Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael', was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish collectors, Jewish art historians, Jewish artists who saw their own deepest concerns modelled in his art and life, and even prominent rabbis, one of whom said that Rembrandt was a Tzadik, a holy man blessed by God. This book is the first study in depth of the potent bond between Rembrandt and Jews, from his time to ours, a bond that has penetrated the image of the artist and the people alike."
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 26, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-263) and index.
Contents
(from table of contents) Introduction
Jews and Judaism in Rembrandt's own world. Sephardi Jewish life and material culture in Rembrandt's time / Mirjam Knotter
Rembrandt and his (Jewish) neighbors : a stroll through the neighborhood / Mirjam Knotter
Map with residents and owners of houses in and around the Jodenbreestraat in Rembrandt's time (ca. 1625-1658) / Mirjam Knotter and Guido Leguit
Rembrandt's other Jews : the Amsterdam Ashkeniazim in the seventeenth century / Bart Wallet
Society, spirituality, imagery. Rembrandt and multicultural Amsterdam : Jews and Black people in Rembrandt's art / Michael Zell
Rembrandt, Menasseh ben Israel and Spinoza / Steve Nadler
Rembrandt, the Jews and Judaism / Shelley Perlove
Jewish brides, rabbis and sitters in Rembrandt's prints / Roman Grigoryev
Jewish artists. Modern Jewish artists discover Rembrandt / Larry Silver
Laying it on thick : British (immigrant) artists and their Rembrandt / Simon Schama
Rembrandt and Russian Jewish artists / Nina Getashvili
Jewish collectors and museums. Rembrandt as seen by Jewish museums / Laurence Sigal-Klagsbald
Jewish collectors take Rembrandt to their hearts / Gary Schwartz.
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