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| The Hundred Guilder Print, Rembrandt |
The show features a wonderful collection of etchings by Dutch Master, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669). The prints are on loan from both the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. They have been brought together in Sudbury to illustrate the art of this master printmaker who inspired many artists including Gainsborough himself.
Rembrandt was a very passionate and prolific maker of prints, and many aspects of his genius can be discerned in these works. As the Gainsborough's House website puts it: 'All the hallmarks of his work are visible in his etchings- dramatic subjects, sympathetic expressions, and the characteristic contrast of light and dark that remains unparallelled within printmaking'.
A visit to the Sudbury dispay would be a good introduction to the major exhibition of Rembrandt's work at the National Gallery that is opening this autumn.
While at Gainsborough's House visitors can also currently view the last self portrait of Gainsborough, painted in 1787, a year before his death. It is hanging in the Upper Bow Room, alongside Gainsborough's portrait of his great friend and drinking companion, the composer and musical impresario Karl Friedrich Abel. A small exhibition examines the relationship between the two men. The paintings are on loan from the Royal Academy and the National Gallery respectively and will be returned at the end of the year.
The Museum recently started to open every Sunday, and it is now open every day of the week between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The on site shop has also recently been extended and re-stocked.
Rembrandt the Printmaker runs until 26th October 2014.
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