Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669
Saint Jerome by the Pollard Willow, 1648
Etching and drypoint
The John R. Van Derlip Fund 2009.19.3

Rembrandt's Miniature World

Sunday, June 24, 2012—Sunday, September 16, 2012
Included in Rembrandt in America exhibition gallery
Ticketed Exhibition
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Rembrandt's artistic output was by no means confined to painting. In fact, many consider him the greatest printmaker of all time. Concurrently with "Rembrandt in America," the MIA is presenting an exhibition of the master's etchings. From quick sketches to elaborate baroque masterpieces, Rembrandt produced an astonishingly imaginative and diverse body of work. He studied beggars in the street, loved ones in his home, and unforgettably his own likeness--sometimes growling at us, sometimes costumed as a dandy, sometimes displaying full awareness of his own limitations. He recorded the world around him, from humble animals to majestic trees to dilapidated farmhouses. He reimagined the stories of the Bible, each time endowing the scene with drama or tender human emotion. This exhibition shows the mind of a genius at work.