Documentation online of three Dresden Rembrandts
1 October 2015
Today the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister presented three Rembrandt paintings in the database: “Self portrait with a bittern”, “The wedding of Samson” and “Portrait of a man”. All three paintings were part of the Elector’s Gemäldegalerie in Dresden already in the first half of the 18th century.
Most of the major works in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister were assembled within little more than half a century. The systematic collecting of paintings began during the reigns of August the Strong (1670 – 1733) and his son August III (1696 – 1763). His agents purchased 16th, 17th and 18th century paintings, including works by Rembrandt.
The collaboration with the Dresden Gemäldegalerie will continue in order to present more Rembrandt paintings in The Rembrandt Database.