rembrandt harmenszoon van rijn, featured paintings in detail
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son (detail)c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son (detail)c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son (detail)c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son (detail)c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Return of the Prodigal Son (detail)c. 1669Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn,
Featured Paintings in Detail
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and Davidc. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and David (detail)c. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and David (detail)c. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and David (detail)c. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and David (detail)c. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaul and David (detail)c. 1655Oil on canvas, 131 x 164 cmMauritshuis, The Hague
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë (detail)1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë (detail)1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë (detail)1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë (detail)1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnDanaë (detail)1636Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Music Party 1626Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Music Party (detail)1626Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Music Party (detail)1626Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Music Party (detail)1626Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Music Party (detail)1626Oil on wood, 64 x 48 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feastc. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnBelshazzar's Feast (detail)c. 1636Oil on canvas, 168 x 209 cmNational Gallery, London
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Nightwatch1642Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Nightwatch (detail)1642Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Nightwatch (detail)1642Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Nightwatch (detail)1642Oil on canvas, 363 x 437 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSusanna and the Elders1647Oil on mahogany panelStaatliche Museen, Berlin
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSusanna and the Elders (detail)1647Oil on mahogany panelStaatliche Museen, Berlin
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnSaskia as Flora 1634Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnThe Jewish Bridec. 1665Oil on canvasRijksmuseum, Amsterdam (on loan)
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnRembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavernc. 1635Oil on canvas, 161 x 131 cmGemäldegalerie, Dresden
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnRembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern (detail)c. 1635Oil on canvas, 161 x 131 cmGemäldegalerie, Dresden
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnRembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern (detail)c. 1635Oil on canvas, 161 x 131 cmGemäldegalerie, Dresden
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnRembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern (detail)c. 1635Oil on canvas, 161 x 131 cmGemäldegalerie, Dresden
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon Van Rijn
Considered the greatest painter in all of European Art, Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher of the Dutch Golden Age. As a child, he had an inclination towards painting, and spent three years under the apprenticeship of a local history painter. After another six month apprenticeship with painter Jan Pieter Lastman, he opened his own studio. He began taking art students at his studio at the ripe old age
of twenty-one years old.
In 1631, Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam, which at the time was rapidly expanding, and had great success painting personal portraits. In 1634 he married his wife, Saskia
van Uylenberg, and in the same year began taking art students in Amsterdam. Although his public life was on track, his private life was deteriorating.
His wife Saskia had their first child, a boy, in 1635, but he died at two months of age. Their second child, a girl, died at three weeks of age. Their third child, another girl,
died before she was a month old. It was only their fourth child, Titus, who would live into adulthood. Saskia herself died after Titus’ birth, possibly from consumption.
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Although he lived an affluent lifestyle, Rembrandt lived far beyond his means. He had a large mortgage, and spent money on art, prints, and rarities, and avoided bankruptcy in 1656 only by selling many of his paintings and his collections of
antiquities. Unfortunately, however, the sales price of his collection was disappointing, and he was forced to sell his house and printing press and move to
a more modest location.
Rembrandt outlived both his son Titus and his common-law wife Hendrickje, with whom he had a daughter Cornelia, and died in 1669. He was buried in an unmarked grave. Due to Rembrandt’s practice of having his students copy his own work, and many stylistic evolutions and style experiments done by the artist, as well as bad restorations of his works, the attribution of Rembrandt’s works is very difficult.
Many art historians disagree as to whether or not many of his works are true Rembrants. There is so much conjecture that there may never be a consensus. There is also conjecture by art historians that Rembrandt may have had stereo
blindness, causing only one of his eyes to work. This would have further benefited his painting style by flattening out his perception in order to paint it on the canvas.