(Quebec) An exhibition of the great Dutch master Rembrandt will be presented next year at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec (MNBAQ), in Quebec.
The exhibition entitled Rembrandt. The Art of Engraving will be on view from April 25 to September 2. This will be the only place in Canada where it can be admired.
The director general of the MNBAQ, Jean-Luc Murray, is delighted that Quebec can present the work of an innovative artist who, he says, has transcended generations.
Rembrandt’s contribution to Baroque art is seen as having been decisive. He is particularly recognized for his very personal treatment of chiaroscuro, for his humanism, for his power of imagination and his great emotional richness.
Rembrandt created some 300 etchings between 1625 and 1665. Among the 80 works presented in Quebec will be some of his greatest masterpieces: The Hundred Guilder Room (c. 1648), The Three Crosses (1653) and The Little Tomb (circa 1657).
The exhibition will be made possible thanks to a loan from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. You can also admire some works by other artists who inspired Rembrandt, as well as works by some of his students and collaborators.
