Reflecting on Life’s Hopes and Dreams Through Renaissance Portraits

‘Remember Me’ exhibition at the Rijks Museum, in Amsterdam

Detail of the painting,"Marsilio Cassotti and His Wife Faustina," 1523, by Lorenzo Lotto. Oil on canvas; 28 inches by 33 1/8 inches. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. Prado Museum

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; —Christina Rossetti, poet, from “Remember”

“Remember Me,” a fascinating exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijks Museum explores how over 100 Renaissance men and women were memorialized in paint. Through the portraits, we can see what our Renaissance cousins once held dear: their hopes, dreams, and achievements.