From 27 July to 26 October, 2022, Madrid Centro Sefarad-Israel is hosting an exhibition of some of the least known works by the famous Baroque painter Rembrandt, which show his links with the Jewish society of his time.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 – Amsterdam, 1669) was a Dutch painter and engraver who is considered one of the greatest masters of Baroque art in history and the most important artist of the Netherlands, and his works coincide with the so-called Dutch Golden Age. His paintings include the portraits he painted for his contemporaries, his self-portraits and his illustrations of biblical scenes.
For this occasion, the historian Alba Carballeira will be curating a series of compositions that reflect Rembrandt’s fascination with the Jewish world once he came into contact with the most representative Jewish families of the 17th century.
These creations were executed in his house-workshop in Breestraat, Amsterdam, where he arrived in 1624, and include sublime portraits of Sephardic and Ashkenazi figures.
