Rembrandt
Reputation and the Practice of Connoisseurship
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
416 pages
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61 halftones
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6-1/2 x 9-1/2
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© 2003
From 1870 to 1935, the first true catalogues raisonnés of Rembrandt's paintings were produced, incorporating the results of individual connoisseurs' evaluations of authenticity and quality. This book, the first full-length study of this scholarly corpus, concentrates on the written connoisseurship of Wilhelm von Bode, Abraham Bredius, Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, and Wilhelm Valentiner, whose articles and catalogues first shaped the modern conception of Rembrandt as a painter. In addition to analyzing their written work, Scallen addresses the social context of their connoisseurial practices, as shaped by their museum careers and their relationships with dealers and collectors.
"A finely crafted study of the early formation of Rembrandt connoisseurship. . . . A welcome addition to Rembrandt studies. It makes a major contribution to the historicism of Rembrandt scholarshipand provides new insights on major critics during a cvrucial period. Her study also offers a fresh perspective on the growth of art history as a profession; the dynamics of private collecting in America; the founding and expansion of art museum collections in Germany and America; and the development of the methodology of connoisseurship. thought-provoking in many ways."--Historians of Netherlandish Art Review of Books
Contents
Photographic Credits
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Rise of a New Art Historian: Wilhelm Bode and the Beginnings of Modern Rembrandt Connoisseurship
Chapter 2. Wilhelm Bode's and Giovanni Morelli's Debates about Connoisseurship
Chapter 3. Who is Rembrandt?: Bode and His Protégés in Rembrandt Studies
Chapter 4. The Rembrandt Decade
Chapter 5. Rembrandt in America
Chapter 6. The Contest for Authority
Chapter 7. Rembrandt: Rediscovered Paintings and the Debate over Method
Chapter 8. Van Dyke and Rembrandt
Chapter 9. The End of an Era
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Rise of a New Art Historian: Wilhelm Bode and the Beginnings of Modern Rembrandt Connoisseurship
Chapter 2. Wilhelm Bode's and Giovanni Morelli's Debates about Connoisseurship
Chapter 3. Who is Rembrandt?: Bode and His Protégés in Rembrandt Studies
Chapter 4. The Rembrandt Decade
Chapter 5. Rembrandt in America
Chapter 6. The Contest for Authority
Chapter 7. Rembrandt: Rediscovered Paintings and the Debate over Method
Chapter 8. Van Dyke and Rembrandt
Chapter 9. The End of an Era
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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