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Rembrandt van Rijn

INDEX

Reading edition

Abraham caressing Isaac (etching), 108

Abraham conversing with Isaac (etching), 99

Abraham dismissing Hagar (etching), 96

Abraham entertaining the Angels, 75;

(etching), 106

Abraham's Sacrifice, 64;

(etching), 105

Actæon, Diana, and Callisto, 63

Adam and Eve (etching), 96

Admiral, Portrait of an, 79

Adoration of the Magi, The, 78

Adoration of the Shepherds, The, 32, 73;

(etching), 112

Adriaen, Rembrandt's Brother, 12, 14, 28, 38;

Portrait of, 51

Adriaans, Alotte, Portrait of, 67

Alenson, the Minister, 25;

Portraits of, and his wife, 61

Amsterdam, prosperity of, 14, 15

Amsterdam, View of (etching), 109

Anatomy Lesson, The, 13, 16, 58;

ill., 58

Anatomy Lesson of Dr Deyman, The, (1656), 77

Angel, An, 78

Angel quitting Tobit, The, 65;

(etching), 98

Anna, 55

Anslo, the Minister, 25;

Portrait of 68;

ill., 68

Architect, An, 77

Artemisia receiving the Ashes of Mausolus, 62

Ascension, The, 20, 64

Asselyn, Jan, 25;

Portrait of (etching), 109

Baptism of the Eunuch, The (etching), 98

Bartsch, Adam, 90

Bas, Elizabeth, Portrait of, 68;

ill., 68

Bathers, The (etching), 112

Bathsheba (Louvre), 76

Bathsheba at her Toilet, 71

Battle-Scene (etching), 109

Baucis and Philemon receiving Jupiter and Mercury, 79

Beersteyn Christian Paul van, Portrait of, 56

Beggars at the Door of a House (etching), 101;

ill., 100

Beggars, etchings of, 101, 112

Belshazzar's Feast, 64

Berchem, Nicholas; Portraits of, and his wife, 73

Bilderbeecq, Margaretha van, Portrait of, 58

Blind Fiddler, The (etching), 95

Bonus, Dr Ephraim, 25;

Portraits of 69, 73;

(etching), 100

Boy, Portrait of a (Hinton St George), 51;

(Belvoir Castle), 78;

head of a, 52;

(etching), 109

Bruyningh, Portrait of, 76

Bull, The (etching), 109

Burchgraeff, Willem, Portrait of, 58

Canal, The (etching), 112

Canal with a Large Boat (etching), 102

Canal with Swans (etching), 102

Cappelle, Van de, 25

Capuchin, The, 81

Cattenburch, Dirck van, 37, 87

Caulery, Joris de, Portrait of, 57

Christ, Head of (M. Rudolphe Kann), 76;

(M. Maurice Kann), 80

Christ, Half-length portraits of

(St. Petersburg), 79;

(Aschaffenbourg), 81

Christ appearing to the Disciples (etching), 103

Christ and Mary Magdalene at the Tomb, 66

Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden, 75

Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus (etchings), 96, 104

Christ and the Samaritan Woman (etching), 111

Christ at Emmaus (Mme. André-Jacquemart), 51;

(Louvre), 74;

ill., 74;

(Copenhagen), 74

Christ before Pilate (etching), 106

Christ bound to the Column, 73

Christ disputing with the Doctors (etching), 103

Christ driving the Money-Lenders from the Temple (etching), 96

Christ Entombed (etching), 111

Christ healing the Sick (etching), 85, 87, 110;

ill., 86

Christ in the Garden of Olives (etching), 111

Christ on the Cross, 74

Christ preaching (etching), 87, 111

Christ taken from the Cross, 68

Christ's Body carried to the Tomb (etching), 112

Circumcision, The, 32, 81;

(etching), 103

Cleopatra at her Toilet, 62

Collen, Suzanna van, Portrait of, 56

Concord of the Country, The, 67

Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis, The, 41, 81

Constable of Bourbon, 72

Coppenol, 6, 25;

Portraits of, 55, 57;

ill., 54;

(etchings), 110, 112

Cornelia, daughter of Rembrandt and Hendrickje, 35, 39, 46, 47

Cottage and Barn (etching), 98

Cottage with white Pales (etching), 112

Cradle, The, 76

Crayers, Louis, 35, 40, 45

Crucifixion, The (etchings), 108, 110

Daey, Martin, Portrait of, 61

Danae, 64;

ill., 64

Daniel's Vision, 72

David and Absalom, Reconciliation of, 68

David and Goliath, Combat of (etching), 105

David at Prayer (etching), 111

David playing before Saul (Frankfort), 57;

(1665), 83

Dead Peacocks, 68

Death of the Virgin, The (etching), 97

Decker, Jeremias de, 45;

Portrait of, 83

Deposition, The (Duke of Abercorn), 75

Descent from the Cross, The, 20, 60, 62;

(etchings), 87, 95, 98, 105

Desmond, The Countess of, 54

Deyman, Dr, 25, 38

Diana bathing, 55;

(etching), 107

Dircx, Geertje, 33

Doomer Paul, Portrait of, 67

Doorn, Machteld van, Portrait of, 61

Dou, Gerard, Rembrandt's first pupil, 11;

Portrait of, 54, 55

Draughtsman, The (etching), 109

Drawings, Rembrandt's, 115

Dutch Admiral and his Wife, The, 71

Ecce Homo, 65; (etching), 87

Elevation of the Cross, The, 59;

ill., 60

Entombment, The (Glasgow), 59;

(Munich), 66; (Dresden), 76

Esther, Haman, and Ahasuerus, 83

Etchings, The, early appreciation of, 85;

the various states, 88;

catalogues of, 90, 91;

authentic etchings, 93;

disputed etchings, 113;

qualities of the etchings, 114, 115

Family Group (Brunswick), 83

Faustus, Dr (etching), 110

Flagellation, The, 83

Flight into Egypt, The (The Hague), 64;

(Buda-Pesth), 77;

(etchings), 103, 108

Flute Player, The (etching), 109

Francen, Abraham, 25, 47;

Portrait of (etching), 110

Frederick-Henry, Prince (Stathouder),

commissions to Rembrandt, 20, 27, 32, 59

Game of Golf, The (etching), 105

Gelder, Aert de, 44

Gentleman with the Hawk, The, 71

Gerritsz, Harmen, Rembrandt's father, 6, 11;

Portraits of, 11, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57;

ill., 12;

(etchings), 94, 95

Gilder, The, 67

Girl, Head of a, 59

Girl with a Broom, 75

Goldsmith at his Work, A (etching), 111

Goldweigher, The (etching), 103

Goldweigher's Field, The (etching), 103

Good Samaritan, The (Wallace Collection), 57;

(Cracow), 66;

(M. Porgès), 66;

(circa 1640), 67;

(Louvre), 74;

(etchings), 87, 95

Grotius, 57

Grotto, The (etching), 99

Hagar and Ishmael, Expulsion of, 67

Haman, The Disgrace of, 75

Hannah teaching Samuel to read (Bridgewater House), 74;

(St Petersburg), 75

Haring, Jacob, 38;

Portrait of (etching), 110

Haring, Thomas Jacobsz, 38, 39;

Portrait of (etching) 106

Harmen Gerritsz, see Gerritsz

Heertsbeeck, Isaac van, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45

Hendrickje, her relations with Rembrandt, 34, 35;

her children, 35;

partnership with Titus, 42, 88;

her will, 44;

her death, 44;

Portraits of (Louvre), 34, 76, 81;

(Berlin), 82;

ill., 44

Hog, The (etching), 98

Holy Family, The (Munich), 55;

(Louvre), 67;

(Downton), 71;

(St Petersburg), 72;

(Cassel), 73;

(etching), 108

Holy Family crossing a Rill during the Flight into Egypt, 103

Holy Family with the Serpent, The (etching), 104

Homer reciting his Poems, 82

Hoogh, Catrina, Portrait of, 78

House of the Carpenter, The, 67

Hundred Guilder Print, The, 85, 86, 110

Huygens, Constantin, 11, 20, 27

Huygens, Maurice, Portrait of, 53

Jacob and Esau, Reconciliation of, 68

Jacob and Laban (etching), 98

Jacob blessing Joseph's Sons, 78

Jacob wrestling with the Angel, 80

Jacob's Dream (etching), 105

Jacob's Sons bringing him Joseph's Coat, 75

Jansenius, 82

Jesus and His Parents returning from Jerusalem (etching), 104

Jew in a High Cap, A (etching), 97

Jews' Synagogue, The (etching), 101

Jewish Bride, The (Prince Liechtenstein), 19;

(St Petersburg), 61;

(Amsterdam), 83

Jewish Bride, The Little (etching), 97

John the Baptist preaching, 78;

ill., 78

John the Baptist, Beheading of, (etching), 97

Jonghe, Clement de, 25, 85, 87;

Portrait of (etching), 103; ill., 90

Joseph accused by Potiphar's Wife, 77

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (etching), 96

Joseph interpreting his Dreams, 53

Joseph relating his Dreams (etchings), 97

Joseph's Coat, 74

Judas with the Price of the Betrayal, 51

Judith, 55

Jupiter and Antiope (etching), 107

Kalkoen, Matthys, Portrait of, 57

Knobbert, Volkera Nicolai, Portrait of, 56

Krul, Jan Herman, Portrait of, 58;

ill., 58

Lady, Portrait of a (Capt. Holford), 73

Lady of Utrecht, The, 67

Lady with the Fan, The (Buckingham Palace), 68;

ill., 70;

(Grosvenor House), 71

Lady with the Parrot, The, 78

Landscapes by Rembrandt, 66, 67, 73, 76, 98, 102, 109

Landscape with Cottage and Mill Sail (etching), 98

Landscape with a Cow drinking (etching), 112

Landscape with a Flock of Sheep (etching), 112

Landscape with a Man sketching (etching), 109

Landscape with an Obelisque (etching), 112

Landscape with a ruined Tower (etching), 109

Large Tree by a House (etching), 109

Lastman, Pieter, 9, 10

La Tombe, Pieter de, 25, 85, 111

Ledikant (etching), 100

Lievensz, Jan, 9, 11, 12, 30, 89

Lion Hunt, A (etchings), 109

Looten, Martin, Portrait of, 57

Lucretia, Death of, The, 82

Lutma, Jan, 25;

Portrait of (etching), 106;

ill., 106

Lysbeth, Rembrandt's Sister, 13, 14, 28, 38;

Portraits of, 51, 57, 58

Man, Portrait of a (National Gallery), 63;

(St Petersburg), 65, 82;

(Cassel), 67;

(Brussels), 68;

ill., 70;

(Mr Armour), 71;

(Mr M. K. Jessup), 71;

(Earl of Brownlow), 76;

(M. Kann), 82

Man and his Wife, Portraits of a (Vienna), 56;

ill., 56;

(Prince Liechtenstein), 64;

ill., 64;

(Prince Jousoupoff), 81

Man in Armour (Brunswick), 66;

(Glasgow), 77;

(Cassel), 77

Man in a Red Cloak (M. Kann), 79

Man reading by a Window (Copenhagen), 73

Man sketching in a Book (Dresden), 78

Man with a Sword (Capt. Holford), 72

Man with a Baton (Louvre), 75

Man with the Bittern (Dresden), 67;

ill., 66

Man seated on the Ground (etching), 100

Man in an Arbour (etching), 98

Manasseh ben Israel, his "Piedra Gloriosa," 87, 105;

Portrait of, 72;

(etching), 96

Manoah and his Wife, The Offering of, 68

Marriage of Jason and Creusa, The (etching), 101

Merchant, Portrait of a (St Petersburg), 55;

(Lord Feversham), 79

Metamorphosis of Narcissus, The, 75

Mill, The, 76

Minerva, 55

Minister, Portrait of a, 65

Monks, figures of, 81

Mordecai, The Triumph of (etching), 110

Moses breaking the Tables of the Law, 80

Moses, The Saving of, 67

Mountebank, A (etching), 96

Nativity, The (etching), 111

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream (etching), 105

Negress, A (etching), 107

Neeltje, Rembrandt's Mother, 2, 7, 14, 28;

Portraits of, see Rembrandt's Mother

Night-Watch, The, 30, 69

Noli me tangere, 75

Old Man caressing a Boy (etching), 108

Old Beggar Man conversing with a Woman (etching), 94

Old Beggar Woman (etching), 100

Old Jew (St Petersburg), 76

Old Lady, Portrait of an (National Gallery), 61;

ill., 62;

(Earl of Yarborough), 65;

see also Old Woman

Old Man, Portrait of an (Berlin), 48;

(Cassel), 53;

(Louvre), 66;

(Buda-Pesth), 69;

(M. Schloss, Paris), 71;

(Lady Cook), 73;

(Dresden), 73, 76, 78, 83;

(Leeuwarden), 73;

(Strasburg), 75;

(Duke of Devonshire), 75, 76;

(St Petersburg), 76;

(Stockholm), 77;

(Pitti), 79;

(Nat. Gallery), 79;

(Col. Lindsay), 81;

(New York), 82;

(Earl of Northbrook), 83

Old Man with a divided Fur Cap (etching), 97

Old Woman, Portraits of an (Wilton House), 53;

(St Petersburg), 71, 76;

(M. Porgès), 74;

(Brussels), 76;

(Stockholm), 77;

(M. Kann), 78;

(Épinal), 82;

(Lord Wantage), 82;

(etchings), 95, 108

Old Woman Sleeping (etching), 105

Old Woman weighing Money (Dresden), 71

Omval, View of (etching), 99

Oriental, Portrait of an, 65

Oriental Heads (etching), 127

Orphan Girl of Amsterdam, An, 72

Pallas, 75

Pancake Woman, The (etching), 96

Pancras, Burgomaster, and his Wife, 62;

ill., 62

Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, 78

Parable of the Master of the Vineyard, 65

Peasant with Milk Pails (etching), 112

Pellicorne, Burgomaster Jan, Portrait of, 56

Persian, The (etching), 95

Petitioners to a Biblical Prince, 59

Philon the Jew, 53

Philosopher in Meditation, A (Stroganoff Collection), 53;

(Louvre), 59

Philosopher reading by Candlelight, 49

Phœnix, The (etching), 113

"Piedra Gloriosa," Rembrandt's illustrations to, 87, 105

Pilate washing his Hands, 78

Pilgrim at Prayer, A, 81

Pluto carrying off Proserpine, 57

Presentation in the Temple, The (Hamburg), 52;

(TheHague), 55, 60;

(etchings), 94, 111

Presentation in the Vaulted Temple, The (etching), 109

Prodigal Son, The, 62, 83;

(etching), 96

Rabbi, A (Hampton Court), 63;

(M. Porgès), 68;

(Berlin), 72;

ill., 74;

(Nat. Gallery), 78;

(Duke of Devonshire), 128

Raising of the Cross, The, 20

Raising of Lazarus, The, 51;

(etchings), 87, 98

Rape of Ganymede, The, 63

Rat-Killer, The (etching), 95

Rembrandt, date of birth discussed, 2, 3;

birthplace, 5;

his father, 6;

entered as a student at Leyden University, 7;

apprenticed to Swanenburch, 8, 9;

under Lastman at Amsterdam, 10;

return to Leyden, 10;

removal to Amsterdam, 11;

the Anatomy Lesson, 13, 16;

early portraits, 13, 16, 17;

meeting with Saskia, 19;

marriage, 22;

early extravagance, 23;

his first child, 24;

family quarrels, 23, 26;

his friends, 25;

birth and death of two daughters, 27;

financial difficulties, 26, 28, 29;

birth of Titus, 30;

death of Saskia, 30;

decline of prosperity, 32, 36;

relations with Hendrickje Stoffels, 34, 35;

bankruptcy, 38;

sale of his property, 39, 40;

fresh commissions, 41, 43;

failing sight, 43;

death of Hendrickje, 44;

his last pupil, 44;

death of Rembrandt, 46

Rembrandt, Portraits of himself—

(Count Andrassy), 53;

(Lord Ashburton), 65, 79;

(Berlin), 61;

(Bridgewater House), 79;

(Duke of Buccleuch), 79, 80;

(Buckingham Palace), 72;

(Cambridge), 75;

(Carlsruhe), 71;

(Herr von Carstangen), 83;

(Cassel), 49, 61, 79; (Gotha), 51;

(The Hague), 51, 61;

(Heywood-Lonsdale), 65;

(Lord Ilchester), 78;

(Lord Iveagh), 78;

(Lord Kinnaird), 82;

(Leipzig), 75;

(Louvre), 61, 65, 80;

(Herr Mendelssohn), 75;

(Munich), 78;

(Nat. Gallery), 67, 82;

ill., 28, 46;

(Sir A. D. Neeld), 80;

(Prince Henri of the Pays Bas), 71;

(Pitti), 63;

(Lady de Rothschild), 78;

(Uffizi), 83;

(Vienna), 79, 83;

(Wallace Collection), 61;

(Warneck Collection), 58;

(Weimar), 71

Etchings, 3, 94, 95, 97, 100, 108

Rembrandt's Brother, Portrait of (Berlin), 75;

(The Hague), 75

"Rembrandt's Cook" (Downton), 82

Rembrandt's Father, see Gerritsz

Rembrandt and his Wife (etching), 96

Rembrandt's Mother, Portraits of, 49, 51, 55, 57, 67, 71;

ill., 6;

(etchings), 93, 95, 108

Rembrandt's Mill (etching), 98;

ill., 98

Repose in Egypt (etchings), 99, 112

Resurrection, The, 66

Robinson, Sir J. C., 48

Ruin, The, 75

Saint, A, 65

St Anastasius, 54

St Catherine (etching), 97

St Francis praying (etching), 107

St Jerome (etchings), 95, 96, 98, 113

St Matthew, 81

St Paul (Vienna), 65;

(Lord Wimborne), 79

St Paul in Prison (Stuttgart), 49

St Peter, 52;

(etching), 112

St Peter, The Denial of (Elberfeld), 51;

(St Petersburg), 78

St Peter and St John at the Gate of the Temple (etchings), 107

St Stephen, The Martyrdom of (etching), 96

St Thomas, Incredulity of, 62

Salutation, The, 67

Samson captured by the Philistines (Berlin), 50

Samson overpowered by the Philistines (Count Schonborn), 64

Samson propounding his Riddle to the Philistines, 66

Samson threatening his Father-in-Law, 64

Saskia, Early Portraits of, 14, 17, 18, 57;

ill., 18;

her birth and family, 18;

first meeting with Rembrandt, 19;

marriage, 22;

her character, 22;

children, 24, 27, 30;

death, 30;

her will, 31;

Portraits of (Dresden), 58;

(St Petersburg), 61;

(M. Schloss), 61;

(Cassel), 61;

1635, 62;

Rembrandt and Saskia (Dresden), 62;

ill., 24;

(Buckingham Palace), 62;

(Berlin), 71;

(etchings), 95, 108;

pencil drawing of (at Berlin), 4

Schoolmaster, The (etching), 98

Six, Burgomaster, 25, 34, 38;

Portrait of, (Six Collection), 79;

(etching), 100, 114

Six's Bridge (etching), 99

Shell, The (etching), 102; ill., 102

Shepherds reposing at Night, 74

Shipbuilder and his Wife, The, 58;

ill., Frontispiece

Sketches, sheets of (etchings), 112, 113

Slaughter-house, The (Herr Rath), 66;

(Glasgow), 75;

(Louvre), 77

Sobieski, 65;

ill., 66

Sortie of the Banning Cocq Company, 30, 69

Sportsman, The (etching), 110

Standard Bearer, The (Baron G. de Rothschild), 65;

(in America), 81

Star of the Kings, The (etching), 113

Stoffels, Hendrickje, see Hendrickje

Storm, an Effect of, 67

Susannah and the Elders (Prince Jousoupoff), 65;

(Berlin), 73

Susannah, Study of, 74

Swalm, Henry, 25;

Portrait of, 65

Swanenburch, Jacob van, 8

Sylvius, Jan Cornelis, 18, 21, 25;

Portrait of, 72;

(etchings), 87, 88, 108, 109

Syndics of the Drapers' Guild, The, 43, 82;

ill., 80

Tholinx, Arnold, 38;

Portrait of, 77;

(etching), 110

Three Crosses, The (etching), 87, 111

Three Trees, The (etching), 87, 98,

ill., 92

Titia, Rembrandt's Granddaughter, 46, 47

Titus, Rembrandt's Son, 30, 33, 35;

his will, 38, 39;

partnership with Hendrickje, 42;

marriage, 46;

death, 46;

Portraits of (M. Kann), 77;

(Earl of Crawford), 77;

(Vienna), 79;

(Capt. Holford), 81;

(etching), 110

Tobias and the Angel, 76

Tobias restoring his Father's Sight, 62

Tobias' Wife with the Goat, 72

Tobit and his Wife, 75

Tobit Blind (etching), 111, 115

Tree, Sketch of a (etching), 109

Tribute Money, The, 72

Tulp, Dr, 13, 25, 41;

Portraits of, 57

Turenne, Marshal, Portrait of, 74

Uijtenbogaerd, Jan, Portraits of (etchings), 87, 96, 103

Unmerciful Servant, The, 82

Uylenborch, Hendrick van, 16, 25, 29, 31, 40

Uylenborch, Magdalena van, wife of Titus, 46, 47

Uylenborch, Saskia van—see Saskia.

Van Loo, Albert, 26, 46

Van Loo, Gerrit and Hiskia, 21, 22, 23, 25

Venus and Cupid, 81

Virgin mourning the Death of Jesus, The (etching), 109

Virgin and Child in the Clouds, The (etching), 98

Vision of Ezekiel, The (etching), 105

Village by the High Road (etching), 102

Village with a River and Sailing Vessel (etching), 109

Village with a Square Tower (etching), 102

Vista, The (etching), 103

Vymer, Anna, Portrait of, 68

Winter Scene, A, 73;

ill., 74

Woman, Portrait of a (Mr Byers), 64;

(Lord Kinnaird), 64;

(Lord Iveagh), 69;

(M. Kann), 82;

and see Old Woman

Woman bathing (Louvre), 74;

(Nat. Gallery), 76

Woman taken in Adultery, The, 72;

ill., 72

Woman by a Dutch Stove (etching), 111

Woman preparing to dress after Bathing (etching), 107

Woman with her Feet in Water (etching), 107

Woman with an Arrow (etching), 107

Woodchopper, The, 73

Young Girl, Portrait of a (Stockholm), 51;

(The Hague), 53;

(Bridgewater House), 61;

(Dulwich), 72;

ill., 72

Young Man, Portrait of a (Earl Cowper), 72;

(Mr Humphry Ward), 73;

(Copenhagen), 77;

(Louvre), 78

Young Man and his Wife (Prince Liechtenstein), 64

Young Man in a Cap and Breastplate (Dresden), 71

Young Man laughing, 52

Young Man with the Turban, 54

Young Man seated in Meditation (etching), 96

Young Painter with Paper and Crayon, 74

Young Servant (Stockholm), 76

Young Woman, Portrait of a (Cassel), 63;

(Dr Bredius), 65;

(Dresden), 68;

(Copenhagen), 78

Young Woman in Bed (Edinburgh), 75

Young Woman reading (etching), 95

Youth (Lord Leconfield), 83

Zachariah receiving the Prophecy of the Birth of John the Baptist, 55

"Zeewærts-Lof, Der," 87

Zoomer, Jan Pietersen, 85, 86, 87

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