Young Rembrandt. Leiden, his hometown, devotes a major exhibition to the artist's early works

Until Feb. 9, 2020, the De Lakenhal Museum in Leiden, Rembrandt’s hometown, is hosting the exhibition Young Rembrandt - Rising Star, staged in the museum’s brand new rooms.

This is the first major exhibition entirely devoted to the early production of Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669).The aim of the exhibition is therefore to introduce visitors to the young Dutch artist through his works, which for the occasion have returned to the city where the painter created them.

About forty paintings, seventy engravings and ten drawings can be admired and it will be understood how the artist’s great talent developed between 1624 and 1634. In those early years, in fact, Rembrandt laid the foundations the later works, constantly seeking to explore new perspectives and novelties.

For the exhibition, the De Lakenhal Museum has obtained several works on loan from the Netherlands and abroad, including the Noble Oriental (1632) from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, theSelf-Portrait from around 1628 from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Paintings on display belonging to the De Lakenhal Museum’s own collection include Rembrandt’s earliest known work, namely The Allegory of Sight (c. 1624), and History Painting with self-portrait (1626). In addition to Rembrandt’s works, works by Lievens, Lastman, and Van Swanenburg are also on view.

Young Rembrandt is the result of an international collaboration between the De Lakenhal Museum in Leiden and theAshmolean Museum in Oxford. Curated by former Ashmolean Museum director Christopher Brown, an internationally renowned Rembrandt expert, curator Christiaan Vogelaar of the De Lakenhal Museum, and curator An Van Camp of the Ashmolean Museum, the exhibition is the concluding chapter in the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death.

From February 27 to June 7, 2020, the exhibition will be transferred to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

For info: www.lakenhal.nl/en

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Image: Rembrandt van Rijn, The Allegory of Sight (c. 1624; Leiden, De Lakenhal Museum)

Young Rembrandt. Leiden, his hometown, devotes a major exhibition to the artist's early works

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