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In the first video of our new six-part series: ‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges,’ AGA Collections Manager and Curatorial Associate, Danielle, introduces the exhibition as well as Leiden, Rembrandt’s hometown where he launched his career.
‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges’ features works of art by Rembrandt and his circle as a celebration of the artist and his wide-reaching impact, marking the 350th anniversary of his death. Highlighting works from The Bader Collection (Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University) by Rembrandt, Jan Lievens, Isaac de Jouderville and others, as well as numerous North American loans, this exhibition is an extraordinary investigation of experimentation, emulation and ambition in seventeenth-century Holland.
The exhibition 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 the first video of our new six-part series: ‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges,’ AGA Collections Manager and Curatorial Associate, Danielle, introduces the exhibition as well as Leiden, Rembrandt’s hometown where he launched his career. …
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Early Years of Rembrandt
Early Years of Rembrandt
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Early Years of Rembrandt
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Key Things To Know about Leiden
Key Things To Know about Leiden
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Key Things To Know about Leiden
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Textile Trade
Textile Trade
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Textile Trade
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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 here at the art gallery of
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Alberta while we remain closed to the
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public to help curb the spread of kovat
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19 I’m here to lead you through a small
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virtual tour of one of our fabulous
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exhibitions called Leiden circa 1630
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Rembrandt emerges 2019 marked the three
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hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
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Rembrandt’s death and this was
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celebrated around the world with
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exhibitions and new publications about
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the artist this exhibition was organized
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by the Agnes Etherington Art Center at
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Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario
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and we’re very fortunate to have it here
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in Edmonton at the Aga so this show
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looks at the early years of Rembrandt
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when he was first establishing himself
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in his hometown of Leiden while we tend
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to associate the artist with Amsterdam
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it was really enlightened where he
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returned to after his art education and
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he established his first studio at the
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age of 19 it’s also where he first began
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to experiment with a style and technique
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that we now know and love the artists
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for in Leiden he also took on his first
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pupils so this exhibition also includes
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work by Rembrandt but also by his
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mentors and teachers by his colleagues
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and by his students so it really looks
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at the network that he was invested in
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in his home city Leiden was so important
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to his identity that for several years
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he signed his works with the monograph
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rhl which in English stands for
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Rembrandt son of Herman of Leiden so he
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was really identifying himself with the
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city and this was a savvy form of
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promotion because it would have appealed
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to collectors who lived outside of
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Leiden in the rest of Holland and no
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other artists were really doing this at
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the time now there are a few key things
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to know about Leiden to help set up the
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context of this exhibition
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first of all it was the centre of higher
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education in Holland Leiden University
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is the oldest in the country and
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Rembrandt himself was actually
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registered there at the end young age of
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13 or 14 related to this there was a
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really active printing industry so
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Leiden was really a book loving City and
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lastly the other
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industry was the textile trade so in
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several of the artworks in this
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exhibition you’ll see a focus on fine
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woolen cloth and really ornamented
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textiles which would have appealed to
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the citizens of the city and to a
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collecting class who were making their
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fortune in the textile trade so that’s
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my brief introduction and I hope you’ll
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join me as we look at some of the
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highlights of this exhibition
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