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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ ˈ r ɛ m b r æ n t, ˈ r ɛ m b r ɑː n t /; [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
Rembrandt's teachers in Leiden were Jacob van Swanenburgh [note 1] (from 1621 to 1623, [5] with whom he learned pen drawing [6]) and Joris van Schooten. [note 2] [7]However, his six-month stay in Amsterdam in 1624, with Pieter Lastman and Jan Pynasc, was decisive in his training: Rembrandt learned pencil drawing, the principles of composition, and working from nature. [6]
Belshazzar's Feast is a major painting by Rembrandt now in the National Gallery, London. [1] The painting is Rembrandt's attempt to establish himself as a painter of large, baroque history paintings. [2] [3] The date of the painting is unknown, but most sources give a date between 1635 and 1638. [4] [1]
The field of Rembrandt studies (study of Rembrandt's life and work, including works by his pupils and followers)—as an academic field in its own right with several noted Rembrandt connoisseurs and scholars—has been one of the most dynamic research areas of Netherlandish art history.
The Parable of the Rich Fool (1627) by Rembrandt. The Parable of the Rich Fool, also known as The Money Changer, [1] is an oil painting on canvas of 1627 by Rembrandt, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. [2] Produced early in the artist's career, it depicts the eponymous Biblical parable. The model for the figure is said to have been Rembrandt ...
The Three Crosses is a 1653 print in etching and drypoint by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.Most of his prints are mainly in etching and this one is a drypoint with burin adjustments from the third state onwards. [1]
Art historian H. W. Janson writes that Prodigal Son "may be [Rembrandt's] most moving painting. It is also his quietest—a moment stretching into eternity. So pervasive is the mood of tender silence that the viewer feels a kinship with this group. That bond is perhaps stronger and more intimate in this picture than in any earlier work of art." [6]
The dozens of self-portraits by Rembrandt were an important part of his oeuvre. Rembrandt created approaching one hundred self-portraits including over forty paintings, thirty-one etchings and about seven drawings; some remain uncertain as to the identity of either the subject (mostly etchings) or the artist (mostly paintings), or the ...