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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn An old man asleep by a fire 1629
Medium oil on oak panel
Dimensions 51.9 x 40.8 cm (20.4 x 16.1 in)
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt laughing circa 1628 (1628-1629)
Medium oil on copper
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Touch 1624-1625
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 21.6 x 17.7 cm (8.5 x 7 in)
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn The laughing man c. 1629-1630
Medium oil on copper
Dimensions 15.3 x 12.2 cm (6 x 4.8 in)
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Balaam and his Ass 1626
Medium oil on oak panel
Dimensions 63.2 x 46.5 cm (24.9 x 18.3 in)
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn The Conspiracy of the Batavians 1661-1662
Medium oil on canvas
English: Oil on canvas
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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
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Born 1606, Died 1669.One of the great Dutch painters and printmakers of the 17th century, Rembrandt van Rijn is best known for his expressive use of light and shadow (also called chiaroscuro) in his many portraits. Raised in Leiden, he studied with Pieter Lastman (1583-1633) in Amsterdam, then returned to Leiden around 1625 and set up shop as a teacher and portrait artist. Sometime between 1630 and 1632 Rembrandt relocated to Amsterdam, where he spent the rest of his career. Though he had his detractors (some of whom considered him coarse and "low born"), Rembrandt was successful and famous during his lifetime, though he fell on financial hard times in his later years. He was a master printer and produced hundreds of group portraits and historical paintings, including The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632), The Military Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (1642) and Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653). His portraits -- including a lifelong trail of intriguing and rather frank self-portraits -- reveal his interest in psychological study and continue to be admired as landmarks in Western art. The Military Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq is also known as "The Night Watch" because it was thought the painting depicted a nighttime scene. When the painting was cleaned in the 1940s it became obvious that it depicted a daytime scene... He married Saskia van Ulenburgh (also Uylenburgh) in 1634.
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