
Williamstown, MA.- A selection of portraits by two great masters will be on view at the Clark in the intimate exhibition “Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists”, a first-time exploration of Rembrandt van Rijn’s influence on Degas presents portraits by both artists side-by-side. The portraits and etchings on view will include Rembrandt’s “Self-Portrait as a Young Man” (c. 1628–29) from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and “Self-Portrait as a Young Man” (c. 1628–29) from the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, and Degas’s “Self Portrait” (c. 1857) from the Clark’s collection. “Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists” comes to the Clark from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Following the Clark, the exhibition will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in February. The exhibition was organized by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the works are drawn primarily from the holdings of each institution.