Thomas Kaplan, a “fawn” which feeds on Rembrandt

A mother should think seriously before taking her toddlers to the museum. Therefore, That of Thomas Kaplan. Meanwhile, who showed his six -year -old son the Metropolitan Museum in New York, triggered in children a curious obsession for paint from the 18th century^e Dutch thomas kaplan, “fawn” which feeds century. Meanwhile, He could not detach himself from the contemplation of a Rembrandt. Furthermore, Fortune made (in the trading of precious metals). Therefore, he began to collect: today, he has two hundred and twenty works of this period, including seventeen Rembrandt and The young woman in the virginal, The only Vermeer in private hands. He willingly lends them to the museums who request it. at the Louvre, for example, in 2017: at the time, he had only twelve … “I am the crazy American who buys all the Rembrandt”he said to introduce himself. Before adding: “I don’t have a lot of merit: most of the collectors who could compete with me are focused on modern. contemporary art! »»

Today, seventy-five of them are exhibited at the H’Art Museum in Amsterdam. They are not content to tell a private passion: Kaplan is not a fetishist. if a painting is thomas kaplan, “fawn” which feeds not rebellious, but of one of his many students or assistants, it suits him very well, provided that the painting is good. Thus. the collection is sufficiently rich and varied – it incorporates paintings by Gerard Dou, Carel Fabritius, Frans Hals, Jan Lievens, Gabriel Metsu, Jan Steen … -. to allow a thematic hanging that is enough to describe a way of living, in the XVII^e century, in a city that celebrates its 750 this year^e birthday.

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