One painting that I use to think about this is Rembrandt van Rijn’s very famous work called Syndics of the Draper’s Guild. It’s a group portrait of wealthy, white merchants gathered around a ...

This spring, the Jewish Museum presents a major exhibition examining how the heroic story of Queen Esther served as a popular source of inspiration for Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1609) and his ...

“The entire life of the 400-year-old painting is becoming visible ... high and 4.37 metres wide. It is the best-known work of the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).

Rembrandt's art is much admired, but his remarkable life is less well-known. 350 years after his death, his surprising story is told from an unusual perspective – his own.

In fact, it could be said that Rembrandt perfected the selfie several centuries before social media influencers came onto the scene. Proof? It's all there in the LSU Museum of Art's exhibit ...

Keep in mind that there are no Rembrandt paintings – only etchings – much to the chagrin of some recent museumgoers, though there are paintings by Rembrandt's contemporaries, such as Pieter ...

How do you discuss Rembrandt's paintings in your book? Historically, studies of the transatlantic slave trade in early modern painting (about 1400-1700) have looked at paintings that directly ...