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Art historian H. W. Janson writes that Prodigal Son "may be [Rembrandt's] most moving painting. It is also his quietest—a moment stretching into eternity. So pervasive is the mood of tender silence that the viewer feels a kinship with this group. That bond is perhaps stronger and more intimate in this picture than in any earlier work of art." [6]
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ ˈ r ɛ m b r æ n t, ˈ r ɛ m b r ɑː n t /; [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...
Bald-headed man in right profile: small plate [The artist's father?] 1630 B304: 5: Man wearing a close cap: bust [The artist's father?] 1630 B309: 1: Old man with a flowing beard: 1630 B316: 6: Self portrait in a cap, laughing: 1630 B320: 1: Self portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open: 1630 B321: 2: Bust of a man wearing a high cap, three ...
The painting must have been cropped on all sides. A piece of the same canvas bearing Rembrandt’s signature is stuck on the lower right corner. Many of the contours have been strengthened by a later hand Posthumous Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh as Flora: c. 1660: Oil on canvas: 100 x 91.8: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 269 ...
The Scholar at the Lectern or The Father of the Jewish Bride is a 1641 oil on panel painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt.With The Girl in a Picture Frame (also known as The Jewish Bride) and Landscape with the Good Samaritan, it is one of only three Rembrandt paintings in Polish collections.
Rembrandt's teachers in Leiden were Jacob van Swanenburgh [note 1] (from 1621 to 1623, [5] with whom he learned pen drawing [6]) and Joris van Schooten. [note 2] [7]However, his six-month stay in Amsterdam in 1624, with Pieter Lastman and Jan Pynasc, was decisive in his training: Rembrandt learned pencil drawing, the principles of composition, and working from nature. [6]
Old Man with a Gold Chain is a portrait by Rembrandt, painted in oils on canvas around 1631. It is now in the Art Institute of Chicago. This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot as a portrait of Rembrandt's father in 1915, who wrote: 675. HARMEN GERRITSZ VAN RIJN. Half-length, without hands; almost life size.
Belshazzar's Feast is a major painting by Rembrandt now in the National Gallery, London. [1] The painting is Rembrandt's attempt to establish himself as a painter of large, baroque history paintings. [2] [3] The date of the painting is unknown, but most sources give a date between 1635 and 1638. [4] [1]