by Jon Lackman | 19 July 2006 | Baroque/Neoclassical
More commemoration of Rembrandt’s 400th birthday: Ekkehard Mai compares Rembrandt’s fate to that of Rubens: both renewers of thematic and pictorial conventions. Urs Fitze places his artistic interests and lavish lifestyle in the context of Amsterdam’s golden age as a world metropolis, full of strange products from around the globe. And The Chicago Blog summarizes a few of its relevant offerings.