Notes : Rembrandt catering to collectors

A small but fine selection of Rembrandt prints on view in New York in late 2015 was accompanied by Robert Fucci's well writen and informative catalogue "Rembrandt's changing impressions" (Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2015). The catalogue focuses on just a few of the master's prints in multiple impressions. Fucci explains both the numerous changes between states for the later etchings, as well as the editions on special types of paper with variations in inking, by suggesting that Rembrandt intended to please collectors who wanted to put together complete oeuvres of printmakers including proof states and other rarities. [Abridged Publication Abstract]