Tauranga Art Gallery - Toi Tauranga

REMBRANDT - THE EXPERIMENTAL ETCHER - 1:00pm Sat 12 Sep 2009

Floortalk by Victoria Robson, curator of European art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) is widely recognised as the greatest etcher in the history of the medium, and his etchings have always been sought after by collectors. He produced about 300 etchings, often with the addition of drypoint and engraving. His prints were conceived and executed as independent works of art, not as reproductions of his paintings.