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In a letter to Huygens, Rembrandt offered the only surviving explanation of what he sought to achieve through his art: ''the greatest and most natural movement'', translated from ''de meeste en de natuurlijkste beweegelijkheid''. The word "beweechgelickhijt" is also argued to mean "emotion" or "motive." Whether this refers to objectives, material or otherwise, is open to interpretation; either way, critics have drawn particular attention to the way Rembrandt seamlessly melded the earthly and spiritual.<ref>Hughes, p. 6</ref> |
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In a letter to Huygens, Rembrandt offered the only surviving explanation of what he sought to achieve through his art: ''the greatest and most natural movement'', translated from ''de meeste en de natuurlijkste beweegelijkheid''. The word "beweechgelickhijt" is also argued to mean "emotion" or "motive." Whether this refers to objectives, material or otherwise, is open to interpretation; either way, critics have drawn particular attention to the way Rembrandt seamlessly melded the earthly and spiritual.<ref>Hughes, p. 6</ref> |
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Earlier 20th century connoisseurs claimed Rembrandt had produced over 600 paintings, nearly 400 [[etching]]s and 2,000 drawings.<ref>[http://www.westernciv.com/courses/2004/noeuart.shtml ''Art of Northern Europe'', Institute for the Study of Western Civilization.]{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref> More recent scholarship, from the 1960s to the present day (led by the [[Rembrandt Research Project]]), often controversially, has winnowed his oeuvre to nearer 300 paintings.<ref>Useful totals of the figures from various different oeuvre catalogues, often divided into classes along the lines of: "very likely authentic", "possibly authentic" and "unlikely to be authentic" are given at [http://staff.science.uva.nl/~fjseins/RembrandtCatalogue/ the Online Rembrandt catalogue]</ref> His [[old master print|prints]], traditionally all called [[etching]]s, although many are produced in whole or part by [[engraving]] and sometimes [[drypoint]], have a much more stable total of slightly under 300.<ref>Two hundred years ago Bartsch listed 375. More recent catalogues have added three (two in unique impressions) and excluded enough to reach totals as follows: Schwartz, pp. 6, 289; Münz 1952, p. 279, Boon 1963, pp. 287 [http://www.printcouncil.org/search.html Print Council of America]{{dead link|date=April 2014}} – but Schwarz total quoted does not tally with the book.</ref> It is likely Rembrandt made many more drawings in his lifetime than 2,000, but those extant are more rare than presumed.<ref>It is not possible to give a total, as a new wave of scholarship on Rembrandt drawings is still in progress — analysis of the Berlin collection for an exhibition in 2006/7 has produced a probable drop from 130 sheets there to about 60. [http://www.codart.nl/exhibitions/details/911/ Codart.nl] The British Museum is due to publish a new catalogue after a similar exercise.</ref> Two experts claim that the number of drawings whose autograph status can be regarded as effectively "certain" is no higher than about 75, although this is disputed. The list was to be unveiled at a scholarly meeting in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garyschwartzarthistorian.nl/schwartzlist/?id=148 |title=Schwarzlist 301 – Blog entry by the Rembrandt scholar Gary Schwarz |publisher=Garyschwartzarthistorian.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref> |
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Earlier 20th century connoisseurs claimed Rembrandt had produced over 600 paintings, nearly 400 [[etching]]s and 2,000 drawings.<ref>[http://www.westernciv.com/courses/2004/noeuart.shtml ''Art of Northern Europe'', Institute for the Study of Western Civilization.]{{dead link|date=February 2012}}</ref> More recent scholarship, from the 1960s to the present day (led by the [[Rembrandt Research Project]]), often controversially, has winnowed his oeuvre to nearer 300 paintings.<ref>Useful totals of the figures from various different oeuvre catalogues, often divided into classes along the lines of: "very likely authentic", "possibly authentic" and "unlikely to be authentic" are given at cami likes josh rodriguez from sabinal[http://staff.science.uva.nl/~fjseins/RembrandtCatalogue/ the Online Rembrandt catalogue]</ref> His [[old master print|prints]], traditionally all called [[etching]]s, although many are produced in whole or part by [[engraving]] and sometimes [[drypoint]], have a much more stable total of slightly under 300.<ref>Two hundred years ago Bartsch listed 375. More recent catalogues have added three (two in unique impressions) and excluded enough to reach totals as follows: Schwartz, pp. 6, 289; Münz 1952, p. 279, Boon 1963, pp. 287 [http://www.printcouncil.org/search.html Print Council of America]{{dead link|date=April 2014}} – but Schwarz total quoted does not tally with the book.</ref> It is likely Rembrandt made many more drawings in his lifetime than 2,000, but those extant are more rare than presumed.<ref>It is not possible to give a total, as a new wave of scholarship on Rembrandt drawings is still in progress — analysis of the Berlin collection for an exhibition in 2006/7 has produced a probable drop from 130 sheets there to about 60. [http://www.codart.nl/exhibitions/details/911/ Codart.nl] The British Museum is due to publish a new catalogue after a similar exercise.</ref> Two experts claim that the number of drawings whose autograph status can be regarded as effectively "certain" is no higher than about 75, although this is disputed. The list was to be unveiled at a scholarly meeting in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garyschwartzarthistorian.nl/schwartzlist/?id=148 |title=Schwarzlist 301 – Blog entry by the Rembrandt scholar Gary Schwarz |publisher=Garyschwartzarthistorian.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref> |