Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) is one of the most famous,* Rodin, Auguste: Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell. Translated from the French by Jacques de Caso and Patricia B. Sanders. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984), p. 85. Originally published as Auguste Rodin, L'Art: Entretiens réunis par Paul Gsell (Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1911). Golahny, Amy (2001), 'The Use and Misuse of Rembrandt: An Overview of Popular Reception,'. Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 25(2): 305–322
Rivette, Kevin G.; Kline, David: Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999) Sax, Joseph L.: Playing Darts with a Rembrandt: Public and Private Rights in Cultural Treasures. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999) Laszlo, Andrew; Quicke, Andrew: Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography. (Boston: Focal Press, 2000) Amore, Anthony; Mashberg, Tom: Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) Bush, George W.: Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors. (New York: Crown Publishers, 2017) , p. 12. controversial, and one of the best expertly researched (visual) artists in history.Franits, Wayne (ed.): The Ashgate Research Companion to Dutch Art of the Seventeenth Century. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2016)
For a visual artist in general and an Old Master in particular, Rembrandt has been the subject of a vast amount of literature that includes both fiction and nonfiction works.
The field of Rembrandt studies (study of Rembrandt's life and work, including works by his pupils and followers)—as an academic field in its own right with several noted Rembrandt connoisseurs and scholars—has been said to be one of the most dynamic research areas of Netherlandish art history.Slive, Seymour: Rembrandt and his Critics, 1630–1730. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1953)Dickey, Stephanie: Rembrandt and his Circle: Insights and Discoveries. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017)
In the history of the reception and interpretation of Rembrandt's art, the 'rediscovery' of the Dutch master in 19th-century France and Germany helped in establishing his reputation in subsequent times.McQueen, Alison: The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2003)Scallen, Catherine B.: Rembrandt, Reputation, and the Practice of Connoisseurship. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2004)
The following is a list of works about Rembrandt.A longer bibliography is at
Nonfiction works
Books, dissertations and theses
Biography Abbing, Michiel Roscam: Rembrandt: Leven en werk van de grootste schilder aller tijden. (Utrecht: Kosmos-Z&K, 2006) [in Dutch] Abbing, Michiel Roscam; Graaff, Arthur: Rembrandt voor Dummies. (Amsterdam: Addison Wesley, 2006) [in Dutch] Avermaete, Roger: Rembrandt et son temps. (Paris: Payot, 1952) [in French] Baudiquey, Paul: La vie et l'œuvre de Rembrandt. (Paris: ACR-Vilo, 1984) [in French] Bell, Malcolm: Rembrandt van Rijn and His Work. (London: G. Bell, 1899) Bikker, Jonathan: Rembrandt: Biografie van een rebel. (Rotterdam: Nai010 Uitgevers, 2019) [in Dutch] Bikker, Jonathan: Rembrandt: Biography of a Rebel. (Rotterdam: Nai010 Publishers, 2019) Blankert, Albert (ed.): Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact. (Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1997) Blom, Onno: De jonge Rembrandt. (Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2019) [in Dutch] Blom, Onno: Young Rembrandt. Translated from the Dutch by Beverley Jackson. (London: Pushkin Press, 2019) Bockemühl, Michael: Rembrandt. (Cologne: Taschen, 2001) Bockemühl, Michael: Rembrandt basismonografie. (Kerkdriel: Librero Nederland B.V., 2017) [in Dutch] Boeck, Wilhelm: Rembrandt. (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 1962) [in German] Bolten, J.; Bolten-Rempt, H.: The Hidden Rembrandt. Translated from the Dutch by Danielle Adkinson. (Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 1977) Bonnier, Henry: L'univers de Rembrandt. (Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1969) [in French] Bonnier, Henry: Rembrandt [Great Draughtsmen]. Translated from the French by Victoria Benedict. (New York: George Braziller; London: Pall Mall, 1970) Brion, Marcel: Rembrandt. (Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, 1946) [in French] Brons, Ingrid S.; Postma, Annemarie (eds.): Rembrandt in Leiden. Portret van een schildersjongen en zijn stad [Rembrandt in Leiden. A young painter and his city]. ('s-Hertogenbosch: Uitgeverij Heinen, 2006) [in Dutch] Bréal, Auguste: Rembrandt: A Critical Essay. (London: Duckworth, 1902) Brown, Gerard Baldwin: Rembrandt: A Study of His Life and Work. (London: Duckworth and Co., 1907) Büttner, Nils: Rembrandt, licht und schatten. Eine biographie. (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2014) [in German] Büttner, Nils: Rembrandt: De schilder van licht en schaduw. (Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff, 2019) [in Dutch] Cabanne, Pierre: Rembrandt [Profils de l'art]. (Paris: Chêne, 1991) [in French] Cassou, Jean: Rembrandt [coll. "Ars Mundi"]. (Paris: Éditions Aimery Somogy, 1952) [in French] Cassou, Jean: Rembrandt ou la peinture de l'infini. (Paris: Amiot-Dumont, 1954) [in French] Descargues, Pierre: Rembrandt. (Paris: J.-C. Lattès, 1990) [in French] Field, D.M.: Rembrandt. (Rijswijk: Atrium, 2006) [in Dutch] Focillon, Henri: Rembrandt [Editions d'Histoire et d'art]. (Paris: Librairie Plon, 1936) [in French] Focillon, Henri: Rembrandt: Paintings, Drawings and Etchings. Translated from the French by Ludwig Goldscheider. (New York: Phaidon, 1960) Fowkes, Charles: The Life of Rembrandt. (London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1978) Furió Galí, Vicenç: Rembrandt: Genio del grabado. (Barcelona: Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona, 2018) [in Catalan] García Sánchez, Laura: Géniové umění: Rembrandt. (Praha: SUN, 2008) Haak, Bob: Rembrandt, zijn leven, zijn werk, zijn tijd. (Amsterdam: Contact, 1968) [in Dutch] Haak, Bob: Rembrandt: His Life, His Work, His Times. Translated from the Dutch by Elizabeth Willems-Treeman. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969) Hamann, Richard: Rembrandt. (Berlin: Safari-Verlag, 1948) [in German] Hunt, Patrick: Rembrandt: His Life in Art [2nd ed.]. (New York: Ariel Books, 2007) Kitson, Michael: Rembrandt, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Phaidon, 1982) Knuttel, Gerhardus: Rembrandt, de meester en zijn werk. (Amsterdam: Ploegsma, 1956) [in Dutch] Laneyrie-Dagen, Nadeije: Lire la peinture de Rembrandt. (Paris: Larousse, 2006) [in French] Mee, Charles L.: Rembrandt's Portrait: A Biography. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990) Michel, Émile: Rembrandt. Sa vie, son œuvre et son temps. (Paris: Hachette, 1893) [in French] Michel, Émile: Rembrandt, His Life, His Work, and His Time, 2 vols. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds. (London: Heinemann, 1894) Muller, Joseph-Emile: Rembrandt. (Paris: Aimery Somogy; London: Thames & Hudson, 1968) Muther, Richard: Rembrandt. Ein Künstlerleben. (Berlin: Fleischel, 1904) [in German] Muther, Richard: Rembrandt. (Hamburg: SEVERUS Verlag, 2012) [in German] Neumann, Carl: Rembrandt. (Berlin: W. Spemann, 1902) [in German] Neumann, Carl: Rembrandt [2nd ed.]. (Berlin: W. Spemann, 1905) [in German] Neumann, Carl: Rembrandt [3rd ed., 2 vols.]. (Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1922) [in German] Nigg, Walter: Rembrandt: Maler des Ewigen. (Zürich: Diogenes Verlag, 2006) [in German] Ormiston, Rosalind: Rembrandt: His Life & Works in 500 Images. (London: Lorenz Books, 2012) Partsch, Susanna: Rembrandt. (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991) Pächt, Otto: Rembrandt. (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1991) [in German] Roger-Marx, Claude: Rembrandt. (Paris: Pierre Tisné Éditeur, 1960) [in French] Roger-Marx, Claude: Rembrandt. Translated by W.J. Strachan and Peter Simmons. (New York: Universe Books, 1960) Schmidt-Degener, F.: Rembrandt: Een beschrijving van zijn leven en zijn werk. (Amsterdam: G. Schreuders, 1906) [in Dutch] Schwartz, Gary: De Grote Rembrandt. (Zwolle: Waanders, 2006) [in Dutch] Schwartz, Gary: The Rembrandt Book. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2006) Schwartz, Gary: Rembrandt's Universe: His Art, His Life, His World. (London: Thames & Hudson, 2006) Schwartz, Gary: Meet Rembrandt: Life and Work of the Master Painter. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010) Smith, Baige Elise: Rembrandt's Anatomy Lessons, diss., (The University of Western Australia, 2010) Tümpel, Christian: Rembrandt. Translated by Jacques and Jean Duvernet, Léon Karlson and Patrick Grilli. (Paris: Éditions Albin Michel, 1986) Tümpel, Christian: Rembrandt [Rowohlts Monographien]. (Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2006) [in German] Van Loon, Hendrik Willem: The Life and Times of Rembrandt van Rijn. (New York: Garden City Publishing, 1930; New York: Horace Liveright, 1930) Verhaeren, Émile: Rembrandt, biographie critique. (Paris: H. Laurens, 1905) [in French] Veth, Jan: Rembrandts leven en kunst. (Amsterdam: H. J. W. Becht, 1941) [in Dutch] Von Sandrart, Joachim; Baldinucci, Filippo; Houbraken, Arnold: Lives of Rembrandt [Lives of the Artists]. Introduced by Charles Ford. (Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018) Vosmaer, Carel: Rembrandt Hannensz van Ryn, sa vie et ses oeuvres. (The Hague, 1868) [in French] Weisbach, Werner: Rembrandt. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1926) [in German] Westermann, Mariët: Rembrandt. (London: Phaidon, 2000) White, Christopher: Rembrandt and His World. (London: Thames and Hudson, 1964) White, Christopher: Rembrandt. (New York: Thames & Hudson, 1984) Wright, Christopher: Rembrandt and His Art. (London & New York: Hamlyn, 1975) Wright, Christopher: Rembrandt. [Trad. de l'anglais par Paul Alexandre]. (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2000) [in French] Zuffi, Stefano: Rembrandt: Il più importante eretico della pittura. (Milan: Leonardo Arte, 1998) [in Italian]
General studies Adams, Ann Jensen: Public Faces and Private Identities in Seventeenth-Century Holland: Portraiture and the Production of Community. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) Auerbach, Elissa Anderson: Re-forming Mary in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Prints. (Ph.D. diss, University of Kansas, 2009) Boschloo, Anton W. A.; et al. (eds.): Aemulatio: Imitation, Emulation and Invention in Netherlandish Art from 1500 to 1800: Essays in Honor of Eric Jan Sluijter. (Zwolle: Waanders, 2011) Carroll, Margaret D.: Painting and Politics in Northern Europe: Van Eyck, Bruegel, Rubens, and Their Contemporaries. (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2008) Chambers, Emma: An Indolent and Blundering Art? The Etching Revival and the Redefinition of Etching in England, 1838–1892. (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999) Chu, Petra Ten-Doesschate: French Realism and the Dutch Masters: The Influence of Dutch Seventeenth-Century Painting on the Development of French Painting between 1830 and 1870. (Utrecht: Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert, 1974) Corrigan, Karina H.; van Campen, Jan; Diercks, Femke; Blyberg, Janet C. (eds.): Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age. (Yale University Press, 2015) Cumming, Laura: A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits. (London: HarperPress, 2009) Dickey, Stephanie S.; Roodenburg, H. (eds.): The Passions in the Arts of the Early Modern Netherlands. (Zwolle: Waanders, 2010) Falkenburg, R. L.; de Jong, J.; Roodenburg, H.; Scholten, F. (eds.): Beeld en zelfbeeld in de Nederlandse kunst, 1550–1750 / Image and Self-Image in Netherlandish Art, 1550–1750 [Nederlands kunsthistorisch jaarboek, vol. 46]. (Zwolle: Waanders, 1995) Fleischer, Roland E.; Munshower, Susan Scott (eds.): The Age of Rembrandt: Studies in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painting. (University Park, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988) Franits, Wayne (ed.): Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art: Realism Reconsidered. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997)