<strong>Rembrandt</strong> was above all a painter and etcher of scenes from the Old and NewTestaments and it is in the description of his interpretations of th... » 

Rembrandt was above all a painter and etcher of scenes from the Old and NewTestaments and it is in the description of his interpretations of these textsthat Dr Tumpel is unrivalled among modern writers on the artist. . . . Theproduct of long and mature reflection on the art of Rembrandt and inparticular on his religious art.The Art Newspaper This large art monographof Rembrandt is written by Christian Tumpel a renowned expert on the subjectwho was a Fellow at the Warburg Institute in London 19681969 and wassubsequently invited to succeed Julius Held as chair of Northern European Artat Columbia University in New York the following year. «