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In our second video from ‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges’, we discuss Jan Lievens and Rembrandt, who were close associates and friendly rivals in Leiden. They shared models, worked on similar subjects and challenged themselves to outdo each other.
Rivalry between artists was considered to be a positive force, motivating each to improve their craft–as opposed to destructive envy. The rivalry between Lievens and Rembrandt drove each to develop and experiment as artists.
Image featured:
Jan Lievens, Man Singing, c. 1624. Oil on panel. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 1991 (34-020.06).
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 our second video from ‘Leiden circa 1630: Rembrandt Emerges’, we discuss Jan Lievens and Rembrandt, who were close associates and friendly rivals in Leiden. They shared models, worked on similar subjects and challenged themselves to outdo each other. …
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Man Singing
Man Singing
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Man Singing
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Old Body
Old Body
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Old Body
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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 I’ll be leading us
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through a tour of Leiden circa 1630
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Rembrandt emerges today we start with a
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painting not by Rembrandt but by one of
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his colleagues Yen Levin’s
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an leoben’s was also from Leiden and he
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was slightly younger than Rembrandt
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although he was quite a bit more
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experienced at an early age he started
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as our art education at the age of eight
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and his establishes first studio at the
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mirror age of twelve so by the time
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Rembrandt came back to Leiden and
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started his studio at nineteen yen
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leobens was already very well
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established now the two had a very good
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close friendship for several years
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they’d often depicted the same subjects
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they used the same models and sometimes
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they even sat for each other this
Man Singing
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painting titled man singing from around
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1624 is a very good example of the early
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work of both leobens and Rembrandt it is
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a genre scene or a scene of everyday
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life with its colorful clothing its
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large scale and it’s three-quarter
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length
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view of the figure this really shows
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leavings as knowledge of painterly
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trends in Italy and the interpretation
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of these trends by Dutch artists in the
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nearby city of Utrecht so this was very
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popular subject matter for the time and
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it’s likely that LeMans also taught
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Rembrandt some of these about the
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subject matter and this style this
Old Body
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painting also shows us leave ins and
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Rembrandt’s fascination with the old
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body or the old or elderly figures so
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here he shows the sagging skin in the
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man’s neck and there’s really fine
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detail in the veins in his forehead for
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years these two artists would focus on
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kind of elderly and interesting figures
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and bodies so this is the first stop in
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our tour of the exhibition I hope you
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join me as we look at some of the other
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highlights to come
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