Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print

Always recognised as a master print from the moment of its appearance around 1649, the Hundred Guilder Print is one of Rembrandt's most compositionally complex and visually beautiful works.

This book gives a full overview of the fascinating story surrounding this print, from its genesis and market value toattitudes towards it in the present day. Focusing on the tradition of printmaking as well as the reception of theprint in Rembrandt's time, Golahny explores the ways the artist made visual references to the work of such mastersas Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci, while uniquely combining aspects of Christ's ministry.

Placing the work within its wider cultural and historical context, Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Printoffers an original and engaging approach to current Rembrandt scholarship and is essential reading for anyoneinterested in the work of one of the most famous artists of the Dutch Global Age.