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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The Three Trees, 1643, etching, drypoint, and engraving; plate 212 x 280 mm.; Bartsch 212 (photo: Phil)
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The 50 Rembrandt prints in the DAC Collection (all but 4 the gift of George Davison) represent the artist's career as a printmaker from the early 1630s until the time of his death. The collection's single most important work is Rembrandt's Three Crosses in a superb impression of the final state. Holdings include his self-portraits; religious themes (such as Angel Appearing to the Shepherds and Christ Presented to the People); landscapes (The Three Trees and Cottage Beside a Canal); genre subjects (Beggars Receiving Alms); and portraits (Clement de Jonghe). Complementing the DAC's representative holdings is comparative material in different states of certain images, copies, and posthumous printings (such as Baillie's reworked 100 Guilder Print), which offer rich resources for classes and individuals engaged in Rembrandt studies.
Selected prints by Rembrandt are now represented by digital images on the DAC website.
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