I Am Rembrandt's Daughter

I Am Rembrandt's Daughter
Author: Lynn Cullen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599900467

In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.

I Am Rembrandt's Daughter

I Am Rembrandt's Daughter
Author: Lynn Cullen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 159990294X

Based on historical fact, this moving story--an ALA Best Book for Young Adults--is a powerful account of a young woman's struggle to come of age within the shadow of one of the world's most brilliant and complicated artists.

The Biblical Rembrandt

The Biblical Rembrandt
Author: John I. Durham
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780865548862

1. To begin with -- 2. Human painter of the human condition -- 3. Rembrandt's Bible -- 4. Rembrandt's pictures -- 5. Rembrandt's meaning -- 6. Rembrandt's faith -- 7. Rembrandt's diary -- 8. To end with.

Daughter

Daughter
Author: Lois Silverstein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1401033849

Fresh from San Francisco via Amtrak, ashes of her mother in tow, zany Rachel Sondheim lands in New York to bury them. She struggles against the odds, not only of Jewish law and history, but that of her older sister. Comic and serious by turns, Rachel weaves her way through high-jinx that counterpoint weighty discussions of mother and daughter, sister and sister, life and death, God. Through laughter and tears DAUGHTER shows us how modern spirituality thrives on its ancient connections.

Rembrandt's Whore

Rembrandt's Whore
Author: Sylvie Matton
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2020-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1838851666

A sensitive innocent, Hendrickje Stoffels escapes the harsh realities of her garrison home-town to take up a servant's role in Rembrandt's household. She soon becomes his lover and closest confidante, and plays witness to the highs and lows of the great artist's life. But Hendrickje is fated to discover the hypocrisy and greed of society in Amsterdam's Golden Age. In sensuous prose, Matton paints a powerful fictional portrait of this impassioned relationship through the eyes of a remarkable woman.

Rembrandt's Reading

Rembrandt's Reading
Author: Amy Golahny
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789053566091

Though Rembrandt's study of the Bible has long been recognized, his interest in secular literature has been relatively neglected. In this volume, Amy Golahny uses a 1656 inventory to reconstruct Rembrandt's library, discovering anew how his reading of history contributed to his creative process. In the end, Golahny places Rembrandt in the learned vernacular culture of seventeenth-century Holland, painting a picture of a pragmatic reader whose attention to historical texts strengthened his rivalry with Rubens for visual drama and narrative erudition.

Rembrandt & Saskia

Rembrandt & Saskia
Author: Marlies Stoter
Publisher: W Books
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2018
Genre: Frisians
ISBN: 9789462583030

"In 1634 the up-and-coming painting talent Rembrandt van Rijn wed the love of this life in Friesland: Saskia Uylenburgh, the daughter of a councillor at the Court of Friesland. The story of their marriage is also that of seventeenth-century marriages in general, from courtship to drawing up a will. How did such a stylish wedding come about, and how did life proceed afterwards, when love and suffering were shared? Using evocative paintings, etchings, documents and precious wedding gifts, this book shows us the world of Friesland's most famous bride and groom ever--and that marriage vows back then actually appear to differ little from those of today."--from back cover

The Sisters of Summit Avenue

The Sisters of Summit Avenue
Author: Lynn Cullen
Publisher: Gallery Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982129859

From the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and Twain’s End comes a “poignant, beautifully rendered story of two sisters who find the courage to reclaim their bond after years of misunderstandings and heartbreak” (Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author) during the Great Depression. 1934. Ruth has been single-handedly raising four young daughters and running her family’s Indiana farm for eight long years, ever since her husband, John, was infected by the infamous “sleeping sickness” devastating families across the country. If only she could trade places with her older sister, June: blonde and beautiful, married to a wealthy doctor, living in a mansion in St. Paul. And June has a coveted job, too, as one of “the Bettys,” the perky recipe developers who populate the famous Betty Crocker test kitchen. But these gilded trappings hide sorrows: she has borne no children. And the man she loves more than anything belongs to Ruth. When the two sisters reluctantly reunite after a long estrangement, June’s bitterness about her sister’s betrayal sets into motion a confrontation that’s been years in the making. And their mother, Dorothy, who’s brought the two of them together, has her own dark secrets, which might blow up the fragile peace she hopes to restore between her daughters. An emotional journey of redemption, inner strength, and the ties that bind families together, for better or worse, The Sisters of Summit Avenue is a moving and heartfelt tribute to mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere.