How Rembrandt Made His Prints: A Demonstration, Christies Inc
Watch a stepbystep demonstration of how Rembrandt made his prints, filmed at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, the very place where Rembrandt actually carried out his printmaking. Christie s prints specialist Tim Schmelcher is given an expert tutorial of the entire printmaking process as he discovers more about Rembrandt s life and work in the run up to the sale of The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn on the evening of December 7 at Christie s London. Highlights include a striking selfportrait of the artist, a rare stilllife of a shell Conus Marmoreus and a serene depiction of St Jerome in an Italian landscape. Additional works, which include the biblical depictions of Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo) and Christ crucified between two Thieves: The Three Crosses will feature in Old Masters Part I, also on 7 December. www
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