Rembrandt's Light - Tapa dura

Rembrandt's Light brings together paintings, etchings and drawings that focus on Rembrandt's mastery of visual storytelling through light, concentrating on the period from 1639-58, when he lived in his `dream house' on the Breestraat in the heart of Amsterdam (today the Rembrandt House Museum). The rooms on the first floor of the house, with their large windows and exceptional quality of light, offered new possibilities for the creation of art. Arranged thematically the book traces Rembrandt's innovation: from evoking a meditative mood, to lighting people, to creating impact and drama. Highlights include `The Denial of St Peter', `Pilgrims at Emmaus' and three of the artist's most famous images of women: `A Woman Bathing in a Stream', `A Woman in Bed' and `Girl at a Window'. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and the celebrations taking place throughout Europe to mark 350 years since the artist's death (1669), Rembrandt's Light aims to refresh the way we look at works by this incomparable Dutch Master.

Jennifer Scott is the Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery. She was Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath, having previously worked as Curator of Paintings at Royal Collection Trust. Her publications include Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting (2007), Dutch Landscapes (2010), The Royal Portrait: Image and Impact (2010), The Northern Renaissance: Durer to Holbein (2011) and Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty (ed., 2017). Helen Hillyard is the Assistant Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where her research is focused on the collection of Dutch and Flemish seventeenth-century paintings. She previously worked in the curatorial departments at the National Gallery, London and Birmingham Museums, and studied at the University of Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art.