3a. rembrandt van rijn
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An overview of Rembrandt van Rijn and his portraitsTRANSCRIPT
REMBRANDT van
RIJN
1606- 1669
DUTCH BAROQUE
REMBRANDT van RIJN1606- 1669 (DUTCH)
Self- portrait,
1629 Oil on panel, 38.2
x 31 cm. Germanises Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Born Leiden, Netherlands
Artist, Baroque period
A time when the Catholic Church was trying to win people back – the Counter Reformation.• Religious themes very popular• Influenced by work of great Italian artists• Incorporated classicism and baroque style in his
work
Judas Repentant, Returning the Pieces of Silver1629
Oil on panel
79 x 102.3 cm.
Private collection
1634 Married the
wealthy Saskia
van Uylenbuch
Oil on panel
52.5 x 44 cm.
Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen,
Dresden
Bust of Young Woman Smiling (probably Saskia van Uylenburgh)
Early works included paintings of single and group portraits resulting in immediate wealth
Fascinated by effects of light - used it to dramatise and unify his compositions
The
Nightwatch
1642
Oil on canvas
379.5 x 453.5 cm.
Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
Portrayed the human figure with multiplicity of gestures and facial expressions
The
Syndics
of the
Cloth
Guild
1662
Oil on canvas
191.5 x 279
cm.
Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
Painted intense light and mysterious shadows
Use of chiaroscuro i.e. spotlight effect of dramatic light and shade
Belshazza
r’s Feast
1635
Oil on canvas
167.6 x
209.2cm.
National
Gallery, London
Death of his son Titus and mistress, Hendrickes Stoffles, in1663
Hendrick
es
Stoffles
at a
Window
1655
Oil on canvas
86 x 65 cm.
Gemäldegalerie,
Berlin
Themes revealed in paintings: Inner character of the subject, not merely outward appearance
Portrait of an Old Man in an Armchair1654
Oil on canvas
128 x 112 cm.
Hermitage
Museum,
Saint Petersburg
A Young Man at a Table (possibly Govaert Flinck) 1660
Oil on canvas
109 x 89.5 cm.
National Gallery of
Art, Washington
His later more misunderstood style affected his financial position.
Rembrandt lost his financial wealth and died
Simeon at the Temple1669
Oil on canvas
98.5 x 79.5 cm.
National
Museum,
Stockholm
Self Portrait
of an Old Man1669
Oil on canvas
65.4 x 60.2 cm.
Mauritshuis,
The Hague
Rembrandt’s life of happiness,
prosperity, grief and misfortune is
documented in more than 70 self
portraits