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Friday, April 14, 2006
Pieter Lastman. In Rembrandt’s Shadow?
Hamburger Kunsthalle: 13 April – 30 July 2006
Pieter Lastman’s (1583-1633) oeuvre is of pre-eminent importance for the development of history painting in Holland. 1618 he is lauded in a “Praise of the City of Amsterdam” as one of the most important painters of his home town. With the example of biblical sources, the selected paintings present his innovative method of composing his works. Only in the 19th century the importance of his personal artistic achievement was overshadowed by the fact that Rembrandt briefly studied in his workshop. ...