REMBRANDT VAN RIJN paintings

The Mill	Artist in his Studio	Philosoper in Meditation	Landscape with a Castle	Landscape with a stone bridge	Stormy Landscape
Belshazzar's Feast	Danae	Prodigal Son	Descent from the Cross	Risen Christ appearing to Mary	Jeremiah lamenting destruction of Jerusalem

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Rembrandt van Rijn

July 15, 1606 or 1607 - October 4, 1669

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Biography

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. Rembrandt was also a proficient printmaker and made many drawings. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age (roughly coinciding with the seventeenth century), in which Dutch world power, political influence, science, commerce, and culture - particularly painting - reached their pinnacle.

"No artist ever combined more delicate skill with more energy and power," states Chambers' Biographical Dictionary. "His treatment of mankind is full of human sympathy" (J.O. Thorne: 1962).

In all, Rembrandt produced over 600 paintings, 300 etchings, and 2,000 drawings. He was a prolific painter of self-portraits, producing almost a hundred of them (including some 20 etchings) throughout his long career. Together they give us a remarkably clear picture of the man, his appearance, and - more importantly - his deeper being, as revealed by his richly weathered face.

Among the prominent characteristics of his work are his use of chiaroscuro, the theatrical employment of light and shadow derived from Caravaggio but adapted for very personal means; his dramatic and lively presentation of subjects, devoid of the rigid formality that his contemporaries often displayed; and a deeply felt compassion for mankind, irrespective of wealth and age.

Rembrandt lived beyond his means, buying many art pieces, prints (often used in his paintings), and rarities, which probably caused his bankruptcy in 1656. Because of his bankruptcy he had to sell most of his paintings. He also had to sell his house and move to a more modest accommodation on the Rozengracht. Here, Hendrickje and Titus started an art shop to make ends meet. In 1661 he was contracted to complete a series of major paintings for the newly built city hall, this only after the artist who had been previously commissioned died before completing the work.

Rembrandt outlived both Hendrickje and Titus. Rembrandt died soon after his son, on October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Westerkerk.

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