Rembrandt-Hoogstraten

Dr. Sabine Pénot is Curator of Netherlandish and Dutch Paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) in Vienna, Austria.

• 8 Foreword Sabine Haag10 Acknowledgements Sabine Pénot13 Introduction Sabine Pénot26 Comparative Timeline Angelina Illes37 Rembrandt and Samuel van Hoogstraten: Collecting, Presence, and Esteem in the Habsburg Patrimonial Lands and CollectionsSabine Pénot63 ‘Come, behold Hochstraet!’: Samuel van Hoogstraten’s Self-Portraits and RembrandtVolker Manuth81 Reflecting on the Visible WorldCeleste Brusati91 ‘Art cannot attain any perfection unless one … is guided by unerring rules of instruction.’ Van Hoogstraten’s Estimation of Rembrandt as a teacherJonathan Bikker113 History PaintingVolker Manuth123 From Rembrandt’s nae ’t leven to Van Hoogstraten’s zichtbaere wereltDavid de Witt153 Rembrandt and Samuel van Hoogstraten and their Passion for IllusionsLeonore van Sloten183 Precious Props. Rembrandt’s Strategic Use of Fashion Accessories in his PortraitsMarieke de Winkel199 GoldMarieke de Winkel207 Rembrandt’s A Woman in Bed (Sarah Awaiting Tobias): Ambiguity and IllusionChristian Tico Seifert219 Samuel van Hoogstraten and the Central European Scientists of Sight: Astronomy, Jesuit Optics, Perspective TechniquePaolo Sanvito233 Samuel van Hoogstraten’s Illusionistic Paintings for Emperor Ferdinand III – Two Case StudiesErma Hermens and Sabine Pénot in collaboration with Eva Götz, Elke Oberthaler, and Ina Slama254 List of Works264 Reference List273 Index