Rembrandt & Amsterdam Portraiture, 1590-1670 Collect & Curate in which the sitter’s individuality

in which the sitter’s individuality is almost entirely suppressed in favor of the social ideals for which she stands

silver and tempera on panel

Edited by Vivien Green

orange blossom flowers have symbolized purity

and John Singer Sargent

Rembrandt & Amsterdam Portraiture, 1590-1670 Collect & Curate in which the sitter’s individualityHaving inspired fervent study for centuries, Rembrandt and his Dutch Golden Age contemporaries are admired especially for their portraiture, with Rembrandt in particular having captured a liveliness in his subjects that continues to inspire artists today. In the 17th century, there was a significant market demand for portraits among Amsterdams upper class; like Rembrandt, painters such as Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596 1667), Frans Hals (c. 1582 1666) and