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About Black In Rembrandt's Time
Product Description • An in-depth look at the depiction of black people by Rembrandt and his contemporaries • Documents an exhibition at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam from March 6 - May 31, 2020 This exhibition catalogue tells the story of the black community in 17th century Dutch society and reveals how attitudes to race were expressed in the portrayal of black figures in Dutch art. Black people were present in 17th-century Holland, both in society and in art. This subject has long remained in the shadows, a situation this ground-breaking exhibition addresses. Rembrandt and many of his contemporaries made magnificent works of art that depict people of color. There was a small community of around 80 free black people of color living in the Jodenbreestraat neighborhood of Amsterdam during Rembrandt's lifetime. Painters during this period portrayed individual black models from life, and in a number of cases they formed the main subject of the art work. This book explores the conditions that gave rise to these remarkable works of art and the reasons the public image of black people changed from about 1660 onward. It tells the stories of the Dutch artists who aimed to capture their multi-racial world, and the impact of transatlantic slavery. About the Author Elmer Kolfin is an art historian affiliated with the University of Amsterdam. Epco Runia is an art historian and a Head of Collections staff member of The Rembrandt House Museum.
