Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
8 October 2024 to 12 January 2025

This autumn, the Kunsthistorisches Museum will present a varied selection of major works by the Dutch Baroque painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) alongside pieces by his talented pupil, Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627–1678). The exhibition will showcase 57 works (28 by Rembrandt, 29 by Hoogstraten) including paintings, drawings, and prints from the Kunsthistorisches own collection as well as international loans from New York, Paris, Sweden, Madrid, San Fransisco, Warsaw and a number of important private collecitons. It represents a rare opportunity to see such a collection of works by Rembrandt and the first time the Kunsthistorisches Museum has focused an exhibition on the Dutch master.

The exhibition will be presented from the perspective van Hoogstraten who in his treatise on the art of painting published in 1678, (Introduction to the Academy of Painting, or The Visible World), reflected on his time in Rembrandt’s studio. Using this unique insight the exhibition hopes to showcase the powerful effect of colour and magnificent illusionist techniques with which both artists are renowned for using in their works.

Visitors will be able to combine this exhibition with Chagall at the Albertina (28 September - 9 February) and Gauguin at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien (3 October - 19 January).

Image:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 Leiden – 1669 Amsterdam)
Girl in a Picture Frame, 1641. The Royal Castle in Warsaw
© The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum. Photo: Andrzej Ring, Lech Sandzewicz