这部影片讲述了荷兰著名画家伦勃朗的浪漫情事和职业生涯，并着重讲述了他的代表作《夜巡》的创作过程。伦勃朗一直是上流社会的肖像画家，他拥有接踵而至的订单，美满甜蜜的爱情。直到1642年他的妻子为他生下小儿子不久去世，生活开始大转折。随之而来的是因为为阿姆斯特丹射击手公会画家创作的集体肖像《夜巡》又被顾主告上法庭，使伦勃朗蒙受了事业上最重大的一次挫折。此后他的事业开始衰落，他开始陷于债务之中。人世沧桑、人情冷暖……

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Reading Rembrandt explores the potential for interdisciplinary methodology between literature and visual art. In a series of close analyses of works by Rembrandt - works whose attribution is still challenged, but can still be considered within the context of this study - and texts related to those works, Mieke Bal questions the traditional boundaries between literary and visual analysis. Bal also studies Rembrandt's complex handling of gender and the representation of women in Rembrandt's painting. Although Reading Rembrandt's methods originate outside the history of art, the book demonstrates nonetheless the author's sensitivity to the visual aspect of Rembrandt's work. The works by Rembrandt gain in depth and interest, but an original perspective of the role of visuality in our culture emerges, which ultimately has consequences for our views of gender, the artist, and the act of reading.