A year of Rembrandt!

Exhibitions worldwide mark the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt this year. Here is our definitive guide to the best shows to see.

The Nightwatch, 1642, at the Rijksmuseum

THE NETHERLANDS

Rembrandt House Museum

Rembrandt’s Social Network; until 19 May.

Inspired by Rembrandt, 100 years of collecting by the Rembrandt House Museum; 7 June to 1 September.

Rembrandt Laboratory: Rembrandt’s Technique Unravelled; 21 September–16 February 2020.

rembrandthuis.nl/en/

Rijksmuseum

All the Rembrandts
See paintings, 60 drawings and more than 300 of the finest examples of Rembrandt’s prints in its collection; until 10 June.

Long Live Rembrandt; 15 July–15 September.

The Restoration of the Night Watch
See the entire process at the museum and online from July this year.

Rembrandt – Velázquez
A comprehensive overview of paintings by the two great masters of the 17th century; 11 October–19 January.

rijksmuseum.nl/en

Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’, c1665-69, Rijksmuseum

Huygens’ Hofwijck

There will be a special documentary on how Constantijn Huygens discovered the young Rembrandt and their fascinating relationship. It will be premiered at Huygens’ Hofwijck museum, in Voorburg (near The Hague), in March.

hofwijck.nl/en

Museum De Lakenhal

Young Rembrandt (in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum); 3 November–9 February 2020.

lakenhal.nl/en

CANADA

Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; 24 August–1 December.

agnes.queensu.ca

GERMANY

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Kassel… verliebt in Saskia. Liebe und Ehe in Rembrandts Zeit
Kassel; 12 April–11 August.

museum-kassel.de/en

Kupferstich-Kabinett – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Rembrandts Strich
Dresden; 14 June–15 September.

kupferstich-kabinett.skd.museum/en

Pinakothek der Moderne

In Focus: Rembrandt – Graphic Highlights of the Munich Collection
Munich; 27 September–20 October.

pinakothek.de/en

SPAIN

Museo Nacional del Prado

Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer: Related Views in Spain and Holland
Featuring works by Rembrandt, alongside paintings by Ribera, Frans Hals, Vermeer and Velázquez.
Madrid; 25 June–29 September. 

museodelprado.es/en

Girl at a Window, at Dulwich Picture Gallery

UNITED KINGDOM

British Museum

Rembrandt: Thinking on Paper
London; until 4 August.

britishmuseum.org

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Rembrandt’s Light
London; 2 October–2 February.

dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

Ashmolean Museum

Young Rembrandt (in collaboration with the Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden)
Oxford; 27 February 2020–7 June 2020.

ashmolean.org

Lady Lever Art Gallery / The Holburne Museum

Rembrandt in Print
Some 50 Rembrandt prints, from Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum Collection, which houses more than 200 of his prints – one of the largest collections.

Liverpool; 1 June–15 September.
liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/

Bath; 4 October–5 January 2020.
holburne.org

Sketches of old man with child. Pen and ink, around 1639 – 1640. © the Trustees of the British Museum

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Rembrandt, Vermeer & The Dutch Golden Age; 18 May.

louvreabudhabi.ae

USA

Columbus Museum of Art

Life in the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Masterpieces from the Dordrechts Museum
Some 90 works, from the 17th-century Golden Age of Dutch painting to The Hague School of the late 19th century.

Columbus, Ohio; 1 February–16 June.

columbusmuseum.org

Saint Louis Art Museum

Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt
Featuring works from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, with paintings by Rembrandt and his 17th-century contemporaries.

St Louis, Missouri; 20 October–12 January 2020.

slam.org

Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes, 1634, at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

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