Rembrandt and Degas: face to face

Although it is well known that the famous French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was inspired by Rembrandt, there had been no exhibition about this topic. This summer, following on from the success of Miró-Jan Steen in 2010, the Rijksmuseum presents a series of self-portraits of the two artists when they were young. The self-portraits show the artists around the age of 23, at a time when they were both starting out on illustrious careers.

Including more than 20 individual pieces, the Degas self-portraits originate from internationally renowned collections such as those at The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The National Gallery of Art in Washington and The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. One of the Degas self-portraits is particularly special, as it comes from a private collection and has never been shown before. The exhibition also includes a self-portrait by Rembrandt on loan from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

Date: from July 1 to October 23, 2011.
Location:  Rijksmuseum, Jan Luijkenstraat 1, 1071 CJ Amsterdam.
Hours: from Monday to Sunday  from 9pm. to 6pm.

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