Rembrandt Pays a Visit to Detroit to Show Painter's Impression of Christ
THE WINDSOR STAR
By Ted Shaw
MICHIGAN - The face that stares back at you from 17th-century Amsterdam is the model of serenity. An anonymous young Jew, his hair tucked behind his ears and his eyes gazing upwards, has come down to us as an idealized image of Jesus Christ in paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and his students. Just who he was is a mystery. But few artist's models have had such a profound impact on art and art history. Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus is a stunning and provocative new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts, organized by the DIA, the Louvre in Paris and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It opens to the public Sunday and continues through Feb. 12, 2012. The exhibit consists of 64 works, including 52 small, intimate paintings, drawings and prints by Rembrandt and his school. The star of the show is a wood panel from the Louvre, Rembrandt's Supper At Emmaus, which dates from 1648. [link]
By Ted Shaw
MICHIGAN - The face that stares back at you from 17th-century Amsterdam is the model of serenity. An anonymous young Jew, his hair tucked behind his ears and his eyes gazing upwards, has come down to us as an idealized image of Jesus Christ in paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and his students. Just who he was is a mystery. But few artist's models have had such a profound impact on art and art history. Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus is a stunning and provocative new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts, organized by the DIA, the Louvre in Paris and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It opens to the public Sunday and continues through Feb. 12, 2012. The exhibit consists of 64 works, including 52 small, intimate paintings, drawings and prints by Rembrandt and his school. The star of the show is a wood panel from the Louvre, Rembrandt's Supper At Emmaus, which dates from 1648. [link]
