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Standort
WC1B 3DG
Dates
This exhibition runs from Tue, 14th May 2024 to Sun, 6th Oct 2024.
Forthcoming dates:
Cost: Free of Charge
Description
Discover an intimate drawing of a sleeping child, the first work by Rembrandt to be added to the British Museum collection for decades.
The drawing by the renowned 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt had been in private collections for over 200 years but has now been donated to the nation and allocated to the British Museum through the Arts Council's Acceptance in Lieu scheme.
This adds to the Museum's extensive collection of over 1,000 prints and 72 drawings by Rembrandt (1606-69) and more than 300 drawings by his pupils. The collection was largely assembled in the 18th century, and this is the first Rembrandt drawing to enter the British Museum collection in over 35 years.
The drawing, which dates to about 1645, is displayed alongside drawings of children in Dutch and Flemish art, to showcase the practice of drawing from life and depicting domestic subjects. Rembrandt's studies from life of children are among his most tender and endearing drawings and the display features six drawings of children from different periods of his career - and his ability to capture movement with only a few well-placed lines remained consistent throughout his practice.
Children appear in many guises in Dutch and Flemish art: studies for formal portraits, with examples by Anthony van Dyck, tender domestic scenes, best represented by Rembrandt and his pupils, and in playful depictions of daily life, such as Adriaen van Ostade's interiors populated by children, who play, sleep, cry and perform domestic duties. In this context, the drawings of children by Rembrandt and his circle appear seemingly timeless - observed from life, not embellished or idealised, they connect with us, almost 400 years later.
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This exhibition runs from Tue, 14th May 2024 to Sun, 6th Oct 2024
This event runs over several days/weeks. Dates include:
July 2024
- Wed, 31st Jul 2024
Closed
August 2024
- Thu, 1st Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Fri, 2nd Aug 2024
(10:00am - 8:30pm) - Sat, 3rd Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Sun, 4th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Mon, 5th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Tue, 6th Aug 2024
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(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Thu, 8th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Fri, 9th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 8:00pm) - Sat, 10th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Sun, 11th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Mon, 12th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Tue, 13th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Wed, 14th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Thu, 15th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Fri, 16th Aug 2024
(10:00am - 8:30pm) - Sat, 17th Aug 2024
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(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Fri, 13th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 8:30pm) - Sat, 14th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Sun, 15th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Mon, 16th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Tue, 17th Sep 2024
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(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Thu, 26th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Fri, 27th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 8:30pm) - Sat, 28th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Sun, 29th Sep 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Mon, 30th Sep 2024
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October 2024
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(10:00am - 8:30pm) - Sat, 5th Oct 2024
(10:00am - 5:00pm) - Sun, 6th Oct 2024
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