PHAIDON CALSSICS REMBRANDT

The best available introduction to Rembrandt''s work, sumptuously re-created to appeal to a new generation of book collectors and art lovers. A lavish publication of one of the finest painters of the Northern Baroque period, whose intimate self-portraits and vast historical canvases open up the world of the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. This sumptuously produced collector’s edition reproduces and updates the selection of works made by Phaidon co-founder Ludwig Goldscheider for the original 1942 edition, including such masterpieces as The Nightwatch and Bathsheba at Her Bath. A new introduction by Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Walter Liedtke puts Rembrandt’s works into their modern context and supplements the classic essay by art historian Tancred Borenius. Tipped-on image plates, tinted pages and a beautifully elegant design make this a true collector’s edition.