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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.
The field of Rembrandt studies (study of Rembrandt's life and work, including works by his pupils and followers)—as an academic field in its own right with several noted Rembrandt connoisseurs and scholars—has been one of the most dynamic research areas of Netherlandish art history.
Rembrandt and workshop. Companion piece to 132b Portrait of Petronella Buys: 1635: Oil on panel: 78.8 x 65.3: Leiden Collection, New York: 132b: Rembrandt and workshop. Companion piece to 132a Portrait of a Man in a Slouched Hat and Bandoleer: 1635: Oil on canvas: 78.5 x 65.7: Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura: 133a: Rembrandt and/or ...
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A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago has fetched more than 900 times as much after being identified as the work of Dutch master Rembrandt. A painting valued at $15,000 turned out to be ...
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]
The interpretation of methodical science deferring to art is discussed at length in Rembrandt's Aristotle and Other Rembrandt Studies. [8] The author notes that Aristotle's right hand (traditionally the favored hand), which rests on the bust of Homer, is both higher and painted in lighter shades than the left hand on the gold chain given to him ...
Rembrandt is as much the elder son of the parable as he is the younger. When, during the last years of his life, he painted both sons in Return of the Prodigal Son, he had lived a life in which neither the lostness of the younger son nor the lostness of the elder son was alien to him. Both needed healing and forgiveness.