A Good Rembrandt Year

Each year numerous new publications about Rembrandt come onto the market and 1999 was no exception. It was a good Rembrandt year, particularly since two Rembrandt exhibitions were mounted in the Netherlands: one at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, where the exhibition of self-portraits (previously on show at the National Gallery in London) attracted 200,000 visitors, and another at the Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam about Rembrandt's art collection, which more than 50,000 people came to see. Research into Rembrandt and his work continues, and so the books keep on coming. Reviews of: Simon Schama, Rembrandt's Eyes. Harmondsworth: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, 1999; Christopher White and Quentin Buvelot (ed.), Rembrandt by Himself . Zwolle: Waanders; Bob van den Boogert (ed.): Rembrandt's Treasures. Zwolle: Waanders, 1999; Christopher White, Rembrandt as an Etcher. A Study of the Artist at Work. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999; Jeroen Giltaij, Ruffo en Rembrandt. Over een Sicilaanse verzamelaar in de zeventiende eeuw die drie schilderijen bij Rembrandt bestelde. Zutphen: Walburg Press, 1999; Michiel Roscam Abbing, Rembrandt toont sijn const. Bijdragen over Rembrandt-documenten uit de periode 1648-1756. Primavera Pers, 1999; Jan Wolkers, De spiegel van Rembrandt. Zwolle: Waanders, 1999.