International loan exhibition surveys Dutch printmaking from the 16th century to the end of the 17th century, focussing particularly on original prints-those executed by the artists who designed them. Ilustrates the great range and diversity of theme, style, and use of media in Dutch printmaking at this time. Includes prints by Rembrandt, the best known printmaker of his day, along with those of his skilled predecessors and contemporaries, such as Goltzius, Burewech, Jacob de Gheyn II and III, Jan Lievens, Van Ostade, Van Ruisdael, Saftleven, Seger, and Esaias van de Velde. Catalog contains two essays: Printmaking in the age of Rembrandt: the quest for printed tone, by Ackley; This passion for prints: collecting and connoisseurhip in Northern Europe during the seventeenth century, by William W. Robinson. Full catalog entries with explanatory tests and reproductions of each print are arranged in chronological order, and according to style, medium, and theme within given decades. -- AATA