Rembrandt and the face of Jesus / edited by Lloyd DeWitt ; with a preface by Seymour Slive ; and contributions by Lloyd DeWitt ... [et al.].

Author: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.

Imprint:Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Paris : Musée du Louvre ; [Detroit, Mich.] : Detroit Institute of Arts ; New Haven [Conn.] : In association with Yale University Press, c2011.

Descriptionxv, 255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Note:Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Apr. 21-July 18, 2011, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Aug 3.-Oct. 30, 2011, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, and Nov. 20, 2011-Feb. 12, 2012, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit.

Note:Perception and belief: the image of Christ and the meditative turn in Rembrandt's religious art / George S. Keyes -- The heads of Christ: a technical survey / Mark Tucker, Lloyd DeWitt, and Ken Sutherland -- Rembrandt's Jesus / Larry Silver and Shelley Perlove -- Testing tradition against nature: Rembrandt's radical new image of Jesus / Lloyd DeWitt -- The heads of Christ in the context of the Tronie / Franziska Gottwald -- The Orient and Rembrandt's redefinition of Christ iconography / Blaise Ducos -- The impassibility of the gods: Rembrandt and Christ / Blaise Ducos.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-227) and index.

Note:Presents and explores the seven known oil sketches of Christ on oak panels by Rembrandt, along with over 60 paintings, drawings and prints by him and his pupils.

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