Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), The Landscape with the Three Trees, 1643, etching, drypoint and engraving, copyright Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Drawn from the collection of works on paper in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Rembrandt's Century features a wide range of artworks from the 17th century. At the time, printmaking was of particular cultural importance. "More than any other fine objects, prints circulated extensively throughout the 17th century art world, broadcasting artistic, political and scientific development far and wide," says curator James Ganz.
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Shell (Conus Marmoreus), 1650, etching, drypoint and engraving, copyright Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The exhibition explores contributions Rembrandt, his predecessors and followers made to the print culture of the era, through portraiture, still life, natural history, scenes of daily life, and landscape. Engravings, etchings, ink drawings, and watercolors illustrate a range of printmaking and drawing techniques.
On view through June 2 at the de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco.
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