2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Rembrandt and the study on the collections in the 17the century in Netherlands

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15520077
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Aesthetics/Art history
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	OZAKI Akihiro Tohoku University, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Professor, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (80160844)
Project Period (FY)	2003 – 2004
Keywords	Rembrandt / Collection / Lucas van Leyden / Pieter Bruegel / East Asia
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of Rembrandt's collection, the process of it's formation, and the extent to which the prints of Lucas van Leyden and Pieter Bruegel the elder(including the prints after him), which Rembrandt collected enthusiastically, exerted an influence upon the artist. Through exploration of his collection, furthermore, the argument is made that Rembrandt's purview exceeded the borders of Europe to include the visual material of East Asia. The author does not attempt to consider Rembrandt's collection as the systematic reflection of a unified concept, universal or encyclopedic in character, but rather to conceptualize it as a historical phenomenon. HIs collection is self-reflective, much like his self-portraits, and therefore proves to be one of the most fertile areas for aesthetic exploration of the Dutch seventeenth century.

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