Reproduction

   

Rembrandt van Rijn is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in the European art and also the most important in dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when this painting style, although in many ways antithetical to the baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and gave rise to important new genres in painting. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits and self-portraits of his contemporaries. For me they give a remarkably clear picture of the man, his appearance and his psychological make-up, as revealed by his richly weathered face. After the professor retired  the subject which was 'An artist's painting from german classicals', the main reason why I have chosen Rembrandt's portraits it's not because of this psychological fact but more the technical challenges. I think it's nearly impossible to reach that impression what he achieved on his canvas because of the difference between the colours what he used in that time and what we are using now days. Those colours especially, the brown was obtained from natural powders. While I was trying to copy Rembrandt's work I recognized that it's so hard to create those effect's by brush stroke's with oil colours made by modern technology what the baroque artist achieved. The message of this remark  it's not that it's impossible to do again what we see on he's canvases only we don't own those painting instruments which were made at the time of those old paintings and it's so hard to obtaine those surface fractures. I have prepared a 30x40 cm wood panel with special grounding and after that I painted with oil colours.

Reproduction made by myself after Rembrandt's self- portrait: