Southern California is home to the third-largest assemblage of Rembrandt paintings in the United States. "The Golden Age in the Golden State" is the fitting title of one of the current exhibitions that display Rembrandt van Rijn's work in California this month. A number of museums coordinated their shows in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Marino.
One of the highlights is "Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference" in The Getty Museum. This exhibition features drawings by 15 of Rembrandt's pupils in close comparison to drawings by the master himself. The show also features works of other Dutch painters taught by or inspired by Rembrandt such as Ferdinand Bol and Nicolaes Maes.
There are currently seven temporary exhibitions in Southern California:
- Through February 28: Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference (The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA)
- Through February 28: Drawing List: The Dutch Visual Tradition (also in the The Getty Museum)
- Through March 7: From Rembrandt's Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol (San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA)
- Through March 22: The Familiar Face: Portrait Prints by Rembrandt (The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA)
- Through March 22: Rembrandt Prints (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA)
- Through March 29: Exhibition: The Golden Age in the Golden State: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from the Huntington and Crocker Collections (Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)
- Through May 2: Rembrandt's Recession: Passion and Prints in the Dutch Golden Age (Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, CA)
There is also a virtual exhibition of Rembrandt's work in Southern California.