In part five of our six-part series, we take a closer look at a painting by Isaac de Jouderville, Rembrandt’s second student. That Rembrandt started to attract students and could charge a significant amount for apprenticeships around 1630 shows that his reputation was growing.
Image featured:
Isaac de Jouderville, Minerva in Her Study, about 1631, oil on panel. Denver Art Museum, Denver. Gift of the Bonfils Foundation, 1959.114.
‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges’ was curated by Dr. Jacquelyn N. Coutré, organized and circulated by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, with the support of the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund of Bader Philanthropies, Inc. and the Government of Canada.In part five of our six-part series, we take a closer look at a painting by Isaac de Jouderville, Rembrandt’s second student. That Rembrandt started to attract students and could charge a significant amount for apprenticeships around 1630 shows that his reputation was growing.
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Introduction
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Rembrandt takes on pupils
Rembrandt takes on pupils
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Rembrandt takes on pupils
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Minerva
Minerva
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Minerva
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Medusa
Medusa
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Medusa
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Introduction
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hi everyone my name is Danielle and I’m
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the collections manager and curatorial
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associate at the Aga we’re continuing
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our tour of the exhibition Leiden circa
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1630 Rembrandt emerges and now we’re
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looking at an artwork by one of
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Rembrandt’s students this was his second
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pupil in Leiden and his name is Isaac do
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you Turville taking on pupils was really
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a sign of Rembrandt’s success it
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signaled that he was skilled and
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knowledgeable and had you know artistic
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skill to pass on to students the subject
Rembrandt takes on pupils
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matter of a scholar in her studio was a
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common one is a common one found in
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several of Rembrandt’s students work so
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it was likely that this was a studio
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exercise he assigned the composition is
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very similar to Rembrandt’s own work but
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the use of light and the depiction of
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the figure is very unique – do you
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Darrell himself so Minerva or this work
Minerva
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is called Minerva in her study Minerva
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was the Roman goddess of wisdom warfare
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and weaving he or she is depicted as
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more scholarly than more like as sheaves
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poring over a large book now Leiden was
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had a really active print industry and a
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prominent University so that’s kind of
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focused on large volumes and as enough
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scholar in their study would have really
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appealed to the citizens of that city we
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also have a close attention to beautiful
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fabrics so both in the tablecloth and in
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the robe that Minerva is wearing its
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fur-lined it’s ornamented and it has a
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bejeweled clasp so this might have been
Medusa
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based on fabric he would have seen in
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the city and would have appealed to
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collectors who were making their
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fortunes in the textile trade now if you
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look very closely in the shadowy
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background you’ll see a shield with a
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depiction of Medusa so this connects to
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minerva’s own associations with warfare
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at the time it also would have been a
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reminder of the context of war from
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which the local university had a rose
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the Leiden University was offered was
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offered as a reward to the city by
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Prince William for their defence against
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violent Spanish attacks in the late 16th
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century so I hope you’ve enjoyed this
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look at one of Rembrandt’s students work
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and join me for our last stop of the
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tour
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