Rembrandt's Religious Prints

Charles M. Rosenberg is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor of The Court Cities of Northern Italy.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsJack and Alfrieda Feddersen: Building a CollectionRembrandt's Religious PrintsChronology of Rembrandt's LifeAbbreviationsCatalogAppendix: Additional Rembrandt Prints in the Snite Museum of ArtGlossary of Print TermsBibliography

"Rembrandt's religious prints are analyzed with great scientific rigor, which makes this publication useful not only as a catalog of the works held by the Snite Museum of Art, but above all, valuable on an artistic, historical, social, and human level."—Grafica d'arte"Rembrandt's etchings in The Feddersen Collection at the Snite Museum, are made widely available in a lavishly illustrated volume. Building on the contributions of earlier Rembrandt scholars, Charles M. Rosenberg illuminates each of the 70 religious prints through detailed background information on the artist's career as well as the historical, religious, and artistic impulses informing their creation."—Journal for Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings"Despite many reliable catalogues of Rembrandt etchings, very few have focused on the religious content of these prints. The outstanding range of the Feddersen Collection offers an excellent occasion for closer examination of Rembrandt's development—as a printmaker but also as a spiritual devout Christian, especially evident from his thoughtful return to the same subjects across his career. Charles Rosenberg and his team at the Snite Museum deserve our thanks for fresh analysis of Rembrandt's religious prints, combined with the latest scholarship on the artist and his etchings output. Rembrandt scholars but also all lovers of the artist will want to consult this important catalogue."—Larry Silver, author (with Shelley Perlove) of Rembrandt's Faith: Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age"Rembrandt's etchings of religious themes capture the emotional heart of their subjects through a uniquely inventive approach to both technique and content. Thus, it is no wonder that these inspiring images have been the focus of a number of private collections in Europe and North America. The seventy prints gathered by Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen span the full range of Rembrandt's production and offer an outstanding resource for appreciation and research. This catalogue tells the fascinating story of how the collection was formed and brings a fresh analysis to each print. Charles Rosenberg's extensive catalogue entries will be useful reading for anyone interested in the history of European art and one of its most talented practitioners, Rembrandt van Rijn."—Stephanie Dickey, author of Rembrandt: Portraits in Print