• The best books on Rembrandt - Rembrandt: The Painter at Work by Ernst van de Wetering
  • The best books on Rembrandt - Rembrandt's Universe: His Art, His Life, His World by Gary Schwartz
  • The best books on Rembrandt - Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama
  • The best books on Rembrandt - The Painter and the Girl by Margriet de Moor
  • The best books on Rembrandt - Rembrandt: the Complete Drawings & Etchings by Peter Schatborn

The best books on Rembrandt, recommended by Onno Blom

Though he left more self-portraits to posterity than practically any Old Master, there remains an air of mystery around Rembrandt the man—even on the 350th anniversary of his death. Piecing together the very few personal letters and documents left behind, Onno Blom has now reconstructed Rembrandt’s formative years in Young Rembrandt. Here he guides us through five of the most authoritative—and imaginative—accounts of the artist.