Rembrandt's Portrait: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Few artists have left as indelible a mark on Western civilization as Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master whose unparalleled genius redefined the possibilities of paint and shadow. Charles L. Mee Jr. chronicles the life of this towering figure of the Dutch Golden Age — from his ambitious beginnings in Leiden, through his triumphant ascent in Amsterdam, to his catastrophic financial ruin and ultimate, defiant creative resurrection — presenting a portrait of an artist who refused to compromise his singular vision even as the world withdrew its favour. Mee illuminates Rembrandt not merely as a painter of light, but as a profoundly human figure shaped by grief, obsession, and an insatiable hunger to capture the truth of the human face. Written with the narrative urgency of a novel, Rembrandt's Portrait argues that to truly understand the man is to see his canvases anew — and the final image Mee leaves the reader with is of an old, bankrupt genius, alone in his studio, still painting with breathtaking power, as if daring mortality itself to look away.
Author: Charles L. Mee Jr.
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Few artists have left as indelible a mark on Western civilization as Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master whose unparalleled genius redefined the possibilities of paint and shadow. Charles L. Mee Jr. chronicles the life of this towering figure of the Dutch Golden Age — from his ambitious beginnings in Leiden, through his triumphant ascent in Amsterdam, to his catastrophic financial ruin and ultimate, defiant creative resurrection — presenting a portrait of an artist who refused to compromise his singular vision even as the world withdrew its favour. Mee illuminates Rembrandt not merely as a painter of light, but as a profoundly human figure shaped by grief, obsession, and an insatiable hunger to capture the truth of the human face. Written with the narrative urgency of a novel, Rembrandt's Portrait argues that to truly understand the man is to see his canvases anew — and the final image Mee leaves the reader with is of an old, bankrupt genius, alone in his studio, still painting with breathtaking power, as if daring mortality itself to look away.