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Rembrandt van Rijn | |
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 Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659) by Rembrandt | |
| Born | Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn 15 July 1606[1] |
| Died | 4 October 1669 (aged 63) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Movement | Dutch Golden Age Baroque |
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 15 July 1606 – Amsterdam, 4 October 1669) was a famous Dutch painter and artist.
He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history, and the most important in Dutch history.[3]p420 His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.
After his success as a young portrait painter, he had personal tragedy and financial hardships in his later years. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, and his reputation as an artist remained high.[3]p427 For twenty years he taught nearly every important Dutch painter.[2]p203
Rembrandt's greatest creative work is seen in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits are a unique biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.[3]p420
- ↑ Or possibly 1607 as on 10 June 1634 he himself claimed to be 26 years old. See Is the Rembrandt Year being celebrated one year too soon? One year too late? and (in Dutch) J. de Jong, Rembrandts geboortejaar een jaar te vroeg gevierd for sources concerning Rembrandts birth year, especially supporting 1607. However most sources continue to use 1606.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clark, Kenneth 1978. An introduction to Rembrandt. Murray, London.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gombrich E.H. 1995. The story of art, Phaidon. ISBN 0-7148-3355-X