Rembrandt : : studies in his varied approaches to Italian art / / Amy Golahny.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; Volume 317
• VerfasserIn: Golahny, Amy,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 317.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Rembrandt: Studies in his Varied Approaches to Italian Art explores his engagement with imagery by Italian masters. His references fall into three categories: pragmatic adaptations, critical commentary, and conceptual rivalry. These are not mutually exclusive but provide a strategy for discussion. This study also discusses Dutch artists’ attitudes toward traveling south, surveys contemporary literature praising and/or criticizing Rembrandt, and examines his art collection and how he used it. It includes an examination of the vocabulary used by Italians to describe Rembrandt’s art, with a focus on the patron Don Antonio Ruffo, and closes by considering the reception of his works by Italian artists.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1 Prologue: Setting the Stage -- 1 Who Did, or Did Not, Travel to Italy -- 2 Dutch Artists Who Painted Italy at Second Hand -- 3 Jacob van Swanenburg and Pieter Lastman in Italy -- 4 Advice about Travel -- 5 On the Road in Italy: Nicholas Stone Jr. -- 6 The Material Evidence: Collecting Italian Art in Holland -- 7 Van Mander’s Account of Remarkable Italian Paintings in Dutch Collections -- 8 A Sampling of Amsterdam Collections: 1630–1660 -- 9 Rembrandt at the Art Market -- 10 A Contrast in Collecting: Joachim von Sandrart in Amsterdam and Bavaria -- 2 Attitudes: Critical, Admiring, and Curious toward Rembrandt -- 1 Rembrandt’s Acquaintances Condemn His Disregard for Italian Values: Huygens, Sandrart and De Lairesse -- 2 Pels, De Decker, and De Geest: Polarizing Attitudes -- 3 Rembrandt’s Singular Manner: Houbraken -- 4 Rembrandt’s Naturalism in Stefano della Bella’s Model Books -- 5 Rembrandt’s Goal in Art -- 3 Rembrandt’s Collection and How He Used It: the Canonical and the Unusual -- 1 Drawing from the Original: Mantegna, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian -- 2 Reminiscences and Variations -- 3 Life Study Fused with Art -- 4 Sculpture as Substitute for Life Study -- 4 Pragmatic Solutions -- 1 Borrowed Plumes Easily Disguised -- 2 The Supper at Emmaus of c. 1629 -- 3 Rembrandt and the Madonna of the Rosary: Structuring the Stage -- 4 Judas Returning the 30 Pieces of Silver: Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci -- 5 Two People in One Frame -- 5 Appropriating for Commentary: Rembrandt’s Critique of Titian, Raphael, and Leonardo -- 1 Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple: the 1626 Painting and the 1635 Etching -- 2 The Hundred Guilder Print: Exploiting Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo -- 6 Appropriation and Deviation: Responding for Alternatives -- 1 Diana and Actaeon with Callisto and Nymphs: Referencing the Italians -- 2 The Flute Player and Flower Girl: an Alternative to Titian -- 3 The Female Nude -- 7 Rembrandt Perceived by the Italians: Castiglione, the Ruffo Collection, and La Maniera Gagliarda -- 1 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Inspired Improvisations -- 2 Rembrandt’s Ruffo Series -- 3 Abraham Brueghel’s Intermediary Role in the Ruffo Commissions -- 4 Guercino: Business-like, Efficient, and Respectful -- 5 Preti: Grudging Accommodation -- 6 Salvator Rosa: Independent, Arrogant, and Uncooperative -- 7 Brandi: Eager to Please -- 8 La Maniera Gagliarda -- 9 Baciccio: the Last Word -- Bibliography.