So I am sitting here in my Rembrandt t-shirt (purchased at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art some years ago) and thinking about my most
recent trip where I got to “hang” with Rembrandt at his home in Amsterdam…
Rembrandt lived in this house for almost 20 years. It was in
this house that he painted The Night
Watch.
What an incredible experience to walk into his printmaking
studio, arranged as though he were still hard at work and then to walk up to
the third floor where he kept his painting studio. How thrilling to imagine the
great artist receiving guests and patrons in his first floor entry. What fun it
was to examine his large collection of artifacts in his “curiosity” room.
I was transported to Amsterdam in the 17th
century in the “company” of one of art history’s greatest.
