'Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age' Exhibit Comes to Frist Center 2/01-5/19

Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts will open at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts on February 1, 2013. Drawn entirely from the superb collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, this exhibition presents works of the great Dutch masters including Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael and Jan Steen, along with related decorative arts. Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age will remain on view in the Frist Center's Ingram Gallery through May 19, 2013.

Frist Center admission is $10.00 for adults and $7.00 for seniors, military and college students with ID.  College students are admitted free Thursday and Friday evenings (with the exception of Frist Fridays), 5–9 p.m.  Discounts are offered for groups of 10 or more with advance reservation by calling 615.744.3247.

Comprised of 73 paintings and 16 decorative arts, the exhibition sets the work of the great Dutch masters within the larger social, religious and political context of the Dutch Golden Age. Together these works provide a stunning survey of the art produced in the 17^th century in the newly independent and prosperous Dutch Republic.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to bring to the Frist Center an exhibition entirely devoted to 17^th century Dutch painting that has been selected from one of the largest collections of Dutch art outside of the Netherlands," Frist Center Executive Director Susan Edwards remarks. "In addition to presenting works of exceptional beauty by numerous Dutch masters, the exhibition offers rare insight into the social and political climate of this beloved era in art history."

"We are grateful to the H.G. Hill Realty Company for their generosity as our Gold Sponsor for Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age: Highlights from the Detroit Institute of Arts," says Dr. Edwards. "With their support, we are able to present some of the finest Dutch Golden Age paintings at the Frist Center and facilitate more opportunities for education and engagement."

"As a family owned and operated company in Nashville for five generations, we are extremely invested in supporting and furthering our community," says Wentworth Caldwell, Jr., Chairman of the H. G. Hill Company. "To be able to bring some of the great art of the world to Middle Tennessee and, in turn, the many educational and community outreach opportunities it affords is a joy for us."

The exhibition will open with a gallery focusing on Rembrandt, the most innovative, versatile and influential Dutch artist of the 17^th century. "Rembrandt did not specialize in any one kind of painting, which distinguishes him from his contemporaries," explains Frist Center Curator Trinita Kennedy. "His vast production of paintings ranges across virtually every thematic category: genre, history painting, landscape, portraiture and still life. He was highly inventive and his work has never lost its extraordinary appeal."