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Rembrandt and the inspiration of India
Exhibition March 13 − June 24, 2018
The Getty Museum presents the exhibition "Rembrandt and the inspiration of India".
Twenty-three surviving drawing by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669), on which is painted the Mughal emperors, princes and courtiers of the great Mughal Empire (modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South-Eastern Afghanistan), noted that key moment when the Dutch master, answered the art a completely different culture.
The exhibition examines the unique value of these works in the context of
global cultural exchange between East and West in the seventeenth century. For Rembrandt the art of India of the Mughals was not just a foreign curiosity. His drawings have certain associations with the Empire, trade, luxury.
Drawings of Rembrandt-inspired portraits of the Mughals, visually show that he had access to the Imperial paintings, made between 1610 and 1655 years. Since the workshops of the Mughals released many versions of popular songs, it is difficult to determine precisely what the Indian were used as sources for the artist. With precision we can say that the figure four Muslim mullahs sitting in the open air, clearly corresponds to the pattern found in the Palace of schönbrunn, with the rest of the work is not so simple.
Rembrandt and the Indian court artists who inspired him, worked in completely different worlds. Their differences caused the emergence of new creative approaches and techniques, allowing many artists to reflect and enrich their own familiar artistic practice.
On the official website the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Twenty-three surviving drawing by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669), on which is painted the Mughal emperors, princes and courtiers of the great Mughal Empire (modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South-Eastern Afghanistan), noted that key moment when the Dutch master, answered the art a completely different culture.
The exhibition examines the unique value of these works in the context of
global cultural exchange between East and West in the seventeenth century. For Rembrandt the art of India of the Mughals was not just a foreign curiosity. His drawings have certain associations with the Empire, trade, luxury.
Drawings of Rembrandt-inspired portraits of the Mughals, visually show that he had access to the Imperial paintings, made between 1610 and 1655 years. Since the workshops of the Mughals released many versions of popular songs, it is difficult to determine precisely what the Indian were used as sources for the artist. With precision we can say that the figure four Muslim mullahs sitting in the open air, clearly corresponds to the pattern found in the Palace of schönbrunn, with the rest of the work is not so simple.
Rembrandt and the Indian court artists who inspired him, worked in completely different worlds. Their differences caused the emergence of new creative approaches and techniques, allowing many artists to reflect and enrich their own familiar artistic practice.
On the official website the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
