Artist: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 -1669)

Item Title:

The Rembrandt Database.

Author(s):

Garthoff, Nadja (proj.dir.) ;  Franken, Michiel (proj.dir.)

Imprint:

The Hague : RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2018.

Language:

English

Illustrations:

moslty color

Concordance:

No

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

No

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

No

Link to digital online content:

http://rembrandtdatabase.org/

Content Note:

The Rembrandt Database can be searched by "Artworks" or "Research Documentation". The search can be filtered by date range, media, object category, and attribution (after Rembrandt, etc), Iconclass code, location, etc.

Individual entries include: titles, dimensions, signature and inscriptions, current attribution, date, Iconclass Code, provenance, auctions, exhibitions, literature, and descriptive comments (including information on sitters). All works are illustrated with multiple color images.

There are also sections on visual, technical and research documentation that provide further information on technical examations, restoration history and technical reports.

Individual Entries Contain:

Provenance; Exhib. Hist; Bibliog.; Comments

Public Note:

An online free database of Rembrandt's paintings as well as those formerly or currently attributed to him (700), with images and full scholarly documentation. The project is based on records held in the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History at The Hague, and is the result of a worldwide collaboration between museums, research institutes and scholars.

In addition to the catalogue, there are brief essays on Rembrandt's materials and techniques, and a discussion of attribution issues in Rembrandt studies. A link to Rembrandt's artist page on the RKD site provides further information on his life, references, and links to scholarly archives and other documentation on Rembrandt.

The database was fully launched in 2018, and will be continually updated.