
Van Dyck & Rembrandt
Sir Anthony van Dyck and Rembrandt van Rijn both hailed from the Low Countries and worked at a similar time, but they were different characters: van Dyck a courtier, and Rembrandt a professional serving the merchants of Amsterdam.
In some ways the effects of their paintings are similar. The immediacy of van Dyck’s and Rembrandt’s compositions is clear: life-size figures appear to enter our space, bridging the painted and the real world. Where they differ dramatically is the way in which they bring their figures to life; whereas Rembrandt overloads us with sculptural information, van Dyck leaves us to fill in the gaps.
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Christ Healing the Paralysed Man
Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)
Thomas Killigrew and William, Lord Crofts (?)
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-Amsterdam 1669)
Agatha Bas (1611-1658)
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-Amsterdam 1669)
A Rabbi with a Cap
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-Amsterdam 1669)
Christ and St Mary Magdalen at the Tomb
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden 1606-Amsterdam 1669)