Rembrandt van Rijn
| Rembrandt van Rijn | |
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Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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| Born |
Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn 15 July 1606 Leiden, Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands) |
| Died | 4 October 1669 (aged 63) Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Notable work |
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632 Belshazzar's Feast, 1635 The Night Watch, 1642 Bathsheba at Her Bath, 1654 Syndics of the Drapers' Guild, 1662 |
| Movement |
Dutch Golden Age Baroque |
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ˈrɛmbrænt, -brɑːnt/;Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin]; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. A prolific and versatile master across three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history. Unlike most Dutch Masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits, self-portraits, to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological themes as well as animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and gave rise to important new genres in painting.
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