Conversations, VOLUME 7

Rembrandt – Top 10 Best Books on his Life and Work

Tomorrow is not only the Feast of St. Francis, it is also the anniversary of the death of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

In honor of Rembrandt we offer a list of the 10 best books on his life and work.

 

 

#7- Rembrandt’s Eyes

 

Rembrandt’s Eyes shows us why Rembrandt is such a thrilling painter, so revolutionary in his art, so penetrating of the hearts of those who have looked for three hundred years at his pictures. Above all, Schama’s understanding of Rembrandt’s mind and the dynamic of his life allows him to re-create Rembrandt’s life on the page. Through a combination of scholarship and literary skill, Schama allows us to actually see that life through Rembrandt’s own eyes.  In overcoming the paucity of conventional historical evidence, it is the most intelligently true biography of Rembrandt that has been written

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