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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 ...
It was Rembrandt's earliest painting, completed when he was 29 years old, and it is the largest known historical work that he completed. The creation of The Storm on the Sea of Galilee occurred during the time that he had relocated from Amsterdam to Leiden. It is unknown if it was painted for a commission, as no such record has survived. [4]
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]
While best known for his paintings, Rembrandt (1606-1669) also was a prolific draftsman and printmaker who produced more than 300 prints over his lifetime depicting a range of subjects from ...
In November 1985, Berlin-based art expert Jan Kelch announced that important details in the painting's style did not match the style of Rembrandt's known works, and that the painting was probably painted in 1650 by one of Rembrandt's students. "It is not a fake," Kelch averred. "It remains a great masterful work." [2]
Last week, I wrote about the Berthe Morisot retrospective in Dallas. It's a very good show presenting the work of a fine artist. Its sound scholarly and aesthetic points were nearly smothered by ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 63b: Rembrandt and (mainly) workshop. Companion piece to 63a. The woman’s left hand, which originally hung in a lower position, and the table on which it now rests, are probably executed by Rembrandt himself Portrait of a Man Trimming his Quill: 1632: Oil on canvas: 101.5 x 81.5: Schloss Wilhelmshöhe ...
When conservators used X-rays to analyze Rembrandt’s 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” they discovered something unexpected under its surface: lead.