This year, 2006, the world celebrates the 400th birthday of Rembrandt van Rijn, Leiden’s most famous son. For the occasion, Foleor Publishers in Leiden issued two volumes with important new research on the life and work of the artist. Volume 1 comprises 19 essays by leading scholars in the field, whereas Volume 2 gives a full catalogue of the Rembrandt documents that have come to light since the publication of The Rembrandt Documents by Strauss/Van der Meulen in 1979.Volume I: Essays (ed. by Michiel Roscam Abbing)The contributions comprise important new insights in some major individual Rembrandt paintings like The Night Watch and the Claudius Civilis, as well as enticing discussions on more general Rembrandt-related topics like the function of tronies, Rembrandt connoisseurship and art criticism.The authors are: Boudewijn Bakker, Benjamin Binstock, Ben Broos, Herman Colenbrander, Peter van der Coelen, Stephanie Dickey, Amy Golhany, Franziska Gottwald, Dagmar Hirschfelder, Hendrik Horn, Fred Meijer, Geert Panhuysen, Michiel Roscam Abbing, Catherine Scallen, Roelof van Straten, Pierre Tuynman, Aart Vos and David A. de Witt.Volume II: New Rembrandt Documents (by Michiel Roscam Abbing)In this second volume Dr. Michiel Roscam Abbing presents no less than 89 new Rembrandt documents that came to light over the last two decades. The full original texts are given, as well as extensive commentary. Moreover, this volume contains three important Appendices: Piet Bakker writes on the Rembrandt documents from the Court of Frisia; Ronald van der Spiegel on the Rembrandt Documents from the Court of Holland and the High Court; and Pierre Tuynman analyses a manuscript caption on Rembrandt’s 1639 portrait etching of Joannes Wtenbogaert.Specifications:M. Roscam Abbing (ed.), Rembrandt 2006: Volume I: Essays, Leiden 2006.Ca. 320 pages, more than 160 B&W illustrations, bibliography and index. hard cover.ISBN: 978 90 75035 23 0M. Roscam Abbing, Rembrandt 2006: Volume II: New Rembrandt Documents, Leiden 2006.Ca. 180 pages, ca. 25 B&W illustrations, and index. Hard cover.ISBN: 978 90 75035 24 7Price: € 210,-. Only available as set.