Image series 02 / 2025: Samuel van Hoogstraten
„Doorkijkjes“
With his newly developed motif of architectural and perspective views, the Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten offers endless viewing pleasure in the 17th century. The so-called ‘Doorkijkjes’ open up vistas into new spaces and landscapes and encourage close examination of the details, which seem close enough to touch.
The exhibition brings together around sixty works by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and his pupil Samuel van Hoogstraten to illustrate the two artists’ quest for illusionistic effects that would trick the eye.
“Rembrandt – Hoogstraten. Colour and Illusion”
8 October 2024 – 12 January 2025, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Webjournal for the exhibition
Samuel van Hoogstraten. Vue d’intérieur ou Les Pantoufles, Ausschnitt, 17th century, oil on canvas, 1.030 × 700 mm, Paris; RMN Musée Du Louvre, Réunion des musées nationaux
Samuel van Hoogstraten. The Anaemic Lady, Ausschnitt, 1658/1672, Öl auf Leinwand, 69,5 × 55 cm, Amsterdam; ArteMIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Kunsthistorisches Institut
Samuel van Hoogstraten. View of a corridor, Ausschnitt, 1662, oil on canvas, 264 × 136,5 cm, Dyrham Park; User Uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre