‘Painting is inextricably linked with the Netherlands’
Rembrandt painted The Standard Bearer in 1636. The masterpiece was privately owned for centuries, among others by the King of England and since 1844 by the Rothschild family. According to the cabinet, the Rembrandt Association and the Rijksmuseum, The Standard Bearer inextricably linked to the history of the Netherlands.
“Stand-bearers were ahead of the troops in the Eighty Years’ War, which led to the birth of the Netherlands. In this large self-portrait, Rembrandt depicts himself rebellious and full of bravado. It became his artistic breakthrough that would lead to The Night Watchthey say.
The Rothschild family sold Rembrandt’s double portrait of . in 2015. Marten and Oopjen to the Dutch and French states. Those paintings can now be seen alternately in both countries.
–
