Rembrandt van Rijn

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Rembrandt van Rijn


Born
in Leiden, Netherlands
July 15, 1606

Died
October 04, 1669

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.

Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardship. Yet his drawings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high and for twenty years he taught nearly every important Dutch painter. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the
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Complete Works of Rembrandt...

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The Complete Etchings of Re...

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Rembrandt Drawings: 116 Mas...

4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Rembrandt: The Christmas Story

4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1998
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Rembrandt by Himself

4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
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Rembrandt's Life of Christ

4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Drawings of Rembrandt; With...

3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions
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Delphi Complete Works of Re...

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Rembrandt master drawings

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Drawings of Rembrandt, Vol. 2

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1965
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“Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.”
Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn

“Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.”
Rembrandt Van Rijn

“Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.”
Rembrandt Van Rijn