title: REMBRANDT: Drawings from American Collections. March-May 1960. Introduction by Jakob Rosenberg; catalogue by Felice Stampfle and Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann.
author: [Rembrandt] Pierpont Morgan Library
description: This compact exhibition of Rembrandt drawings demonstrates the spontaneity, economy of means, intensity of observation, and profound humanity that make the Dutch artist a contemporary of each new generation.
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  # Rembrandt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Josef Israels
  
  
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  [Illustration: PLATE 1.—SUZANNA VAN COLLEN
  
  
  This portrait, painted about 1633, and one of the gems of the
  
  
  Wallace Collection, presents Susanna van Collen, wife of Jan
  
  
  Pellicorne, and her daughter.]
  
  
  
  
  
  REMBRANDT
  
  
  BY JOSEF ISRAELS
  
  
  ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
  
  
  LONDON: T. C. &E. C. JACK NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.
  
  
  The plates are printed by Bemrose Dalziel, Ltd., Watford
  
  
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  ### INTRODUCTION
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  While the world pays respectful tribute to Rembrandt the artist, it
  
  
  has been compelled to wait until comparatively recent years for some
  
  
  small measure of reliable information concerning Rembrandt the man. The
  
  
  