Word: exhibition
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of a special Harvard exhibit of drawings by the 17th century Dutch master, Rembrandt Van Rijn, and his students, Rembrandt and his School: Drawings from the Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam will be on display at the Sackler Museum through January 28. The exhibit features more than 80 works; 25 are original Rembrandt drawings borrowed from the Rotterdam collection and from museums across the United States...
...Sackler exhibit alternates drawings thought to be genuine Rembrandts with works similar in subject and form that are attributed to his followers. The tantalizing juxtaposition of student and master drawings invites visitors to either agree or disagree with the experts' attributions...
Although the exhibit has been publicized with an emphasis on the attribution perspective, the drawings should also be appreciated for their own sake. They are, above all, supreme examples of technical skill and stand alone as tributes to the Rembrandt style...
Hadzi said the Carpenter Center exhibit willremain in the downstairs lobby gallery until themiddle of next week. The Fogg Museum exhibit,however, was taken down yesterday, since themuseum needed to make room for a Rembrandt show,Myszkowski said...
This points to another major difficulty concerning the exhibit: As all the texts are written in Japanese, the beauty of the literary imagery is lost on those without a strong working knowledge of the language. However, it is still worthwhile, since the scrolls themselves are strikingly detailed and well-presented...