263 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Europe
Netherlands
Pays-Bas
Date:
2021
15th century
16th century
15e siècle
16e siècle
Notes:
Catalog for the exhibition "Remember Me: Portraits from Dürer to Sofonisba", held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, October 1, 2021-January 16, 2022
Purchased from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment
Contents:
Remember me -- Pray for me : devotion and transience in portraits -- Down the generations : portraits of ancestors and descendants -- Authority : portraits of power -- Ambition : self-confidence in bourgeois portraiture -- Cherish me : portraits and marriage -- Admire me : outer and inner beauty in portraits of women -- Learned : portraits of humanists -- Draw me : portraits on paper -- This is me : self-portraits
Summary:
Around 1500, portraiture flourished like never before. In countless European cities major Renaissance artists like Hans Holbein II, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Memling and Antonello da Messina produced lifelike portraits at the highest artistic level. For the first time in history, they not only immortalized kings and noblemen but also, and increasingly, powerful bankers, wealthy merchants and renowned scholars. These paintings, busts, medallions, prints and drawings still bear witness to their power, status, ambitions, friendships and religious convictions. 'Remember Me ' uses international masterpieces and surprising unknowns to tell the personal stories of the people portrayed. How did they want to be remembered? Whether they are lovers, celebrities or believers worshipping saints, the people portrayed implore the onlookers not to forget them
