New York, March 30, 2006

Rembrandt - Quest of a Genius

Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam

April 1 - July 2, 2006

Rembrandt - Quest of a Genius will be on show at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam from April 1 to July 2, 2006. More than 50 paintings will plot Rembrandt's artistic journey through life. The exhibition is part of the 400th birthday anniversary year of the world-famous Dutch master.

Rembrandt, the gifted searcher

Throughout his life Rembrandt sought new ways of bringing his work to life. After completing the Night Watch and the death of his wife Saskia, Rembrandt spiralled into a personal and artistic crisis. Rembrandt - Quest of a Genius is an exhibition that depicts how Rembrandt ultimately found new artistic avenues and solutions. The spectacular changes in his style made him one of the major modernizers in art history.

The exhibition compares Rembrandt's early and later work. Visitors can track Rembrandt's brilliant quest from more than 50 paintings plus dozens of drawings and prints. Many top items track back to the places where Rembrandt produced them almost four centuries ago.

Coming highlights of Rembrandt 400

As part of the celebration of 400 years Rembrandt, a series of unique, high-quality exhibitions and events focusing on the life and work of the greatest Dutch painter from the Golden Age are held throughout 2006. Amsterdam and Leiden are the central cities in this commemorative year.

In Amsterdam there is a top exhibition called Rembrandt -Caravaggio until June 18, 2006, in which the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum present a remarkable confrontation between the two geniuses of Northern and Southern Baroque. The international press has heaped praise on this exhibition and it has been attracting large numbers of visitors since it opened at the end of February. An exhibition called Really Rembrandt? is at the Rijksmuseum until May 24, 2006, in which 'genuine' and 'fake' Rembrandts are compared with each other.

Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden has an exhibition called Rembrandt the Narrator. Etchings from the Frits Lugt Collection from April 13 until September 3, 2006. The exhibition shows almost the complete etched work of Rembrandt. The etchings collection of Frits Lugt is qualitatively one of the best in the world and has been loaned out for the first time in its entirety for an exhibition.

More Information

For more information and visual material please contact Irma Jansen at the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions, 212-370-7360 ext. 24, ibjansen@holland.com, or visit www.rembrand400.com