Rembrandt

Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Holland in 1606 and died in 1669. He was part of the Baroque movement and was greatly influenced by Pieter Lastman, Jan Lievens, and Rubens. Rembrandt was one of Holland’s greatest painters, and in his early years established a solid reputation as a portrait artists in Amsterdam. Rembrandt had a totally unique and ambitious style in the way he approached group portraiture – his compositions were complex and dramatic. During the 1640’s Rembrandt’s style moved away from fashionable portraits, and instead he began creating paintings that reflected inner life; these included religious paintings, and realistic (instead of idealized) portrayals of people and subjects. Later in his art career Rembrandt sold less paintings and was less in demand, but he was never poor.

Common misspellings: Rembrand, Rembrant, Rembandt, Remband,

Famous artwork and paintings by Rembrandt

The Music Party
The raising of Lazarus
A Scholar
Nicolaes Ruts
The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Philosopher in Meditation
Abraham and Isaac
Artemis
Descent from the Cross
The Feast of Belshazzar
Danae
The Blinding of Samson
The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias
Numerous: Self Portrait
Holy family
The Mennonite Minister
David and Jonathan
The Little Children Being Brought To Jesus
Supper at Emmaus
The Mill
Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer
Jan Six
Hendrickje Bathing in a River
Bathsheba at Her Bath
The Slaughtered Ox
Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife
Hendrickje at an Open Door
Portrait of Hendrickje Stofells
Portrait of a lady with an ostrich-feather fan
The syndics of the Clothmaker's Guild
The return of the prodigal son
Portrait of an old man
Man with a magnifying glass