Rembrandt Seen Through Jewish Eyes

The Artist’s Meaning to Jews from His Time to Ours
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-18528-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 280 mm

The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish collectors, Jewish art historians, Jewish artists who saw their own deepest concerns modelled in his art and life, and even prominent rabbis, one of whom said that Rembrandt was a Tzadik, a holy man blessed by God. This book is the first study in depth of the potent bond between Rembrandt and Jews, from his time to ours, a bond that has penetrated the image of the artist and the people alike.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knotter, Mirjam

Schwartz, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Mirjam Knotter and Gary Schwartz, Jews and Judaism in Rembrandt's Own World, Sephardi Jewish Life and Material Culture in Rembrandt's Time, Mirjam Knotter,Rembrandt and His (Jewish) Neighbors. A Stroll Through the Neighborhood, Mirjam Knotter, Rembrandt's Other Jews. The Amsterdam Ashkenazim in the Seventeenth Century, Bart Wallet, Map with residents and owners of houses in and around the Jodenbreestraat in Rembrandt's time (ca. 1625-1658), Mirjam Knotter and Guido Leguit,Society, Spirituality, Imagery, Jews and Black People in Rembrandt's Art, Michael Zell, Rembrandt, Menasseh ben Israel and Spinoza, Steven Nadler, Rembrandt, the Jews and Judaism, Shelley Perlove, Jewish Brides, Rabbis and Sitters in Rembrandt's Prints, Roman Grigoryev, Jewish Artists, Modern Jewish Artists Discover Rembrandt, Larry Silver, Laying it on Thick: British (Immigrant) Artists and their Rembrandt, Simon Schama,Rembrandt and Russian Jewish Artists, Nina Getashvili,Jewish Collectors and Museums,Rembrandt as Seen by Jewish Museums, Laurence Sigal-Klagsbald, Jewish Collectors Take Rembrandt to their Hearts, Gary Schwartz, About the Authors, Bibliography, Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mirjam Knotter, chief curator and manager exhibitions, Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, author and curator of Kabbalah: The Art of Jewish Mysticism (Vienna, Jüdisches Museum; Amsterdam, Jewish Museum, 2018); Author of From Angel to the Shekhinah: The Influence of Kabbalah on the Late Work of R.B. Kitaj (Images, Brill, Leiden, 2020); Author and curator of exhibition and essay Charlotte Salomon in Close up: The Influence of Cinema on Life? or Theatre?(Trasparenze 7, 2021 - numero dedicato a Charlotte Salomon). Gary Schwartz, independent, founding director emeritus of CODART, author and guest curator of exhib. cat. Rembrandt’s Orient: West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century (Potsdam, Museum Barberini; Kunstmuseum Basel).