The show brings together the Städel's holdings of Rembrandt's works, including The Blinding of Samson (1636), with outstanding loans from international collections including Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the Gemäldegalerie Berlin, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, the National Gallery in London, the Museo del Prado in Madrid, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. In addition, Rembrandt's art enters into a direct dialogue with the masterpieces of older and younger artists of his time, including Nicolas Eliasz. Pickenoy and Bartholomeus van der Helst, or Rembrandt's pupils Govaert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol.The exhibition will focus on groupings of closely related paintings that illustrate Rembrandt's role and that of his contemporaries in this creative network.
