Worcester Art Museum to Present Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings Traveling to the United States from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
Featuring over 80 Works on Paper by the Dutch Artist and His Contemporaries and Several Prints from the Worcester Art Museum’s Collection
Worcester MA – August 29, 2023 – This fall, the Worcester Art Museum will present Rembrandt: Etchings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, featuring over 80 works, including 70 etchings by the Dutch artist, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), alongside works from those who inspired and were inspired by him.
This exhibition comes to Worcester from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and will be among the largest exhibitions of the artist’s etchings to ever be shown in the United States. The exhibition will explore the life and self-taught skill of Rembrandt through his etchings and is an opportunity to observe the artist’s process.
The exhibition will open at the Worcester Art Museum on November 18, 2023 and run through February 19, 2024. It was organized by Peter van der Coelen, Curator of Prints and Drawings for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and by Claire Whitner, the Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs and James A. Welu Curator of European Art, for the exhibition’s Worcester presentation.