{"id":2621,"date":"2019-08-01T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/inspired-by-rembrandts-heads\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:39:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:39:56","slug":"now-on-view-rembrandt-contemporaries-in-the-hermitage-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/now-on-view-rembrandt-contemporaries-in-the-hermitage-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Now on view: Rembrandt &#038; Contemporaries in the Hermitage Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2621\" class=\"elementor elementor-2621 elementor-2617\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fe93f9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fe93f9e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d072a2\" data-id=\"2d072a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-677c9200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"677c9200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On March 18, Rembrandt&#8217;s old house on the Jodenbreestraat will reopen after a renovation. Meanwhile, around the corner, in the Hermitage Amsterdam, you can admire 35 paintings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries in the exhibition <em>Rembrandt &amp; Contemporaries, History Paintings from The Leiden Collection.<\/em> The seventeenth century was the heyday of history paintings, the most acclaimed genre at the time. Rembrandt&#8217;s paintings and his conviction that a true painter should be a history painter are the leitmotif of the exhibition. Let yourself be carried away by scenes full of gods, heroes and Biblical figures.<\/p>\n<p>The history paintings in this exhibition come from The Leiden Collection, a unique private collection from New York. Named after Rembrandt&#8217;s birthplace, the collection focuses on works by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. <em>Rembrandt &amp; contemporaries, history pieces from The Leiden Collection <\/em>is on view from Saturday 4 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hermitage.nl\/en\/exhibitions\/rembrandt-his-contemporaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More information about Rembrandt and contemporaries<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"nb-footnote-inline\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 18, Rembrandt&#8217;s old house on the Jodenbreestraat will reopen after a renovation. Meanwhile, around the corner, in the Hermitage Amsterdam, you can admire 35 paintings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries in the exhibition Rembrandt &amp; Contemporaries, History Paintings from The Leiden Collection. 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