Rembrandt’s Mughal Models

“Rembrandt’s Mughal Models,” by Navina Najat Haidar, Curator of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection

In the mid-1650s, Rembrandt made drawings of several Mughal paintings in his possession. Join a specialist of Mughal art and the curator of Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels for an exploration of these fascinating images, their original context, and Rembrandt’s intriguing use of one of them as a model for his 1656 etching featured in the special exhibition.

This seminar is made possible by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.











When: Thu., Jun. 22, 2017 at 6:00 pm
Where: The Frick Collection
1 E. 70th St.
212-288-0700
Price: $100
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“Rembrandt’s Mughal Models,” by Navina Najat Haidar, Curator of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection

In the mid-1650s, Rembrandt made drawings of several Mughal paintings in his possession. Join a specialist of Mughal art and the curator of Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels for an exploration of these fascinating images, their original context, and Rembrandt’s intriguing use of one of them as a model for his 1656 etching featured in the special exhibition.

This seminar is made possible by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Buy tickets/get more info now