The Hunterian’s critically acclaimed exhibition ‘Rembrandt and the Passion’ will close on Sunday 2 December but anyone who hasn’t had the chance to enjoy the show still has time to visit.

‘Rembrandt and the Passion’ is a must-see exhibition about one of Europe's greatest painters and printmakers and offers visitors a unique opportunity to see one of The Hunterian's most important paintings, Rembrandt's ‘Sketch for the Entombment’, alongside a number of key international loans, including masterpieces never seen before in Scotland. Breaking new ground in scholarly research, the exhibition also present the results of recent scientific analysis of Rembrandt’s painting.
 
As one of The Hunterian’s new series of charged exhibitions, ‘Rembrandt and the Passion’ has been very popular with visitors and has also received critical acclaim with excellent reviews in various publications:

'As Rembrandt’s enigmatic sketch The Entombment finally gives up its secrets, a new show sees the Hunterian Museum’s gem being exhibited alongside its Munich counterpart for the first time.' (Catriona Black, The Herald, 9 September 2012).

'A small but perfectly formed show at the Hunterian revolves around a sketch that must have held very personal meaning for Rembrandt. Small is beautiful, and that is as true of exhibitions as anything else. Sometimes the close focus that a small show can offer is more telling than the more diffuse impact of a blockbuster.' (Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, 20 September 2012).

'In a bravura set piece of detective work, the exhibition sets out the stages by which its custodians tried to unlock the mysteries of the painting... Indeed the same might be said for the thorough and rewarding intensity of this highly focused show: a single small dark painting brought suddenly and startlingly to life.' (Moira Jeffrey, Scotland on Sunday, 23 September 2012).

 

First published: 13 November 2012

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