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The 'Jewish' Rembrandt : the myth unravelled / Mirjam Alexander-Knotter, Jasper Hillegers, Edward van Voolen ; with an afterword by Gary Schwartz ; translation, Gerard Forde.

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The 'Jewish' Rembrandt : the myth unravelled / Mirjam Alexander-Knotter, Jasper Hillegers, Edward van Voolen ; with an afterword by Gary Schwartz ; translation, Gerard Forde.
Author
Alexander-Knotter, Mirjam
Publication
Zwolle : Waanders Uitgeverij ; Amsterdam : Jewish Historical Museum, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Hillegers, Jasper.
  • Voolen, Edward van
  • Schwartz, Gary, 1940-
  • Forde, Gerard
  • Joods Historisch Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Description
103 p. ; col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"The "Jewish' Rembrandt unravels the romantic myth of Rembrandt's special bond with the Jews. The book examines the artist's paintings, drawings and etchings from a critical perspective in order to scrutinise the formation of this enduring myth."--book jacket.
Uniform Title
Jodse' Rembrandt. English.
Alternative Title
Jodse' Rembrandt.
Subject
  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 > Exhibitions
  • 1600-1699
  • Jews > Amsterdam > History > 17th century > Exhibitions
  • Jews in art > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • History
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • Based upon the Dutch-language catalogue that accompanied the eponymous exhibition at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam from 10 November 2006 until 4 February 2007.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-103).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The 'Jewish' Rembrandt -- Map of Rembrandt's neighbourhood -- Rembrandt's neighbourhood -- Conflicts with neighbours: two archival sources -- Did Rembrandt visit the synagogue? -- Rembrandt's phoenix and the Portuguese Jews -- Menasseh ben Israel, friend of Rembrandt? -- A special commission? -- Rembrandt and Spinoza, two kindred spirits? -- The Jewish physician Ephraim Bueno -- Rembrandt's old man: rabbi or bishop? -- Scholarly advice? Christian Hebraists and Rembrandt's 'Judas' -- Rembrandt's Jewish scribes -- A mysterious inscription -- Rembrandt and the Ten Commandments -- Rembrandt as mystic -- A Jewish Jesus Christ? -- The Jewish Bride unveiled -- Two more Jewish Brides -- Jewish artists and the Jewish press on Rembrandt -- Jewish collectors and their Rembrandt -- Portraits of Jews -- The myth unravelled.
ISBN
  • 9789040084676
  • 904008467X
LCCN
^^2008464651
OCLC
  • 222158748
  • SCSB-12497945
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library