Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the seventeenth century, celebrated for his psychologically penetrating portraits, his mastery of light and shadow, and an unflinching series of self-portraits painted across his entire working life. Trained in Leiden and active for most of his career in Amsterdam, he worked at the height of the Dutch Golden Age, producing altarpieces, biblical and mythological scenes, and portraits of the Amsterdam merchant class alongside etchings that remain foundational to the print medium.
Facts
Death PlaceAmsterdam, Dutch Republic 2 Active From YearDated from his earliest independent paintings in Leiden to his death. Active To Year TrainingTrained first under Jacob van Swanenburgh in Leiden, then under Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. 2 Connections
Associated With
Rembrandt used chiaroscuro extensively to model light and shadow in portraiture and narrative scenes.
Rembrandt made extensive and celebrated use of drypoint, often combined with etching.
Rembrandt is one of the most celebrated etchers in Western art history.
Source Vincent van Gogh Letters (Van Gogh Museum and Huygens Institute), letter 534, to Theo van Gogh
In Movement
Baroque, Movements Why this is disputed. Rembrandt is widely grouped with Baroque painting for his dramatic use of light and shadow, though some historians treat Dutch Golden Age painting as its own current, distinct from the Catholic Counter-Reformation context most closely associated with the term Baroque.
Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
Influenced
Source Vincent van Gogh Letters (Van Gogh Museum and Huygens Institute), letter 534, to Theo van Gogh
Practices
Source Wikipedia: Wikipedia
Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
Works Created
Etched by Rembrandt, c. 1649.
Source Hundred Guilder Print (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, nationality there.
Sources
1. Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage Learning- chapter on Dutch Golden Age painting, section on Rembrandt
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Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the seventeenth century, celebrated for his psychologically penetrating portraits, his mastery of light and shadow, and an unflinching series of self-portraits painted across his entire working life.
- Practices: Printmaking, chapter on printmaking techniques and Rembrandt's etchings
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationRembrandt article, lead sentence
15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669
Rembrandt article, infobox birth_place field
Leiden, Dutch Republic
Rembrandt article, infobox death_place field
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Rembrandt article, biography section
1625
Rembrandt article, infobox training field
Jacob van Swanenburg; Pieter Lastman
Rembrandt article, infobox birth_name field
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
- Works Created: The Night Watch, The Night Watch, Wikipedia summary, created-by
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Hundred Guilder Print (Wikipedia)
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The Hundred Guilder Print is an etching with drypoint by Rembrandt, measuring 278 x 388 mm (platemark).
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
Vincent van Gogh Letters (Van Gogh Museum and Huygens Institute), letter 534, to Theo van Gogh
Influenced: Vincent van Gogh, Letter 534, Nuenen, on or about 10 October 1885, passage on Rembrandt's The Jewish Bride and The Syndics
Rembrandt goes so deep into the mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.
Associated With: Vincent van Gogh, Letter 534, Nuenen, on or about 10 October 1885, Van Gogh's own study of Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt goes so deep into the mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.
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