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Rembrandt [a] Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in Leiden, [1] in the Dutch Republic, now the Netherlands. He was the ninth child born to Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn and Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuijtbrouck. [8] His family was quite well-to-do; his father was a miller and his mother was a baker's daughter.
The Night Watch is the subject of a 2007 film by director Peter Greenaway called Nightwatching, in which the film posits a conspiracy within the musketeer regiment of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, and suggests that Rembrandt may have immortalized a conspiracy theory using subtle allegory in his group portrait of the regiment ...
Rembrandt statue and the sculptures of The Night Watch in 3D at the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam Rembrandt statue in Leiden Rembrandt and Saskia. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) is one of the most famous, [1] [2] controversial, and one of the best expertly researched (visual) artists in history.
A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings V (The Small-Scale History Paintings). van de Wetering, Ernst (Ed.). Springer. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4020-4607-0. A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings VI: Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited – A Complete Survey. Ernst van de Wetering. Springer. 2014. ISBN 978-9-4017-9173-1.
The subject and its allegorical meaning are described by the Flemish art theorist, Karel van Mander, in Het schilder-boeck (1618). The book was produced in Amsterdam and included details about many Netherlands painters. Rembrandt surely would have familiarized himself with van Mander's theories and interpretations of Ovid's myths. [7]
A painting by titled "Portrait of Girl" by Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn sold for $1.4 at the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine on August 24, 2024.
The Mill is a painting by Dutch baroque artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.It is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. [1] For a long time, the attribution to Rembrandt was regarded as doubtful; it has been restored in recent years, although it is not universally accepted. [2]
Descent from the Cross (1634), by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, is one of his many religious scenes. The piece is oil on canvas and now located in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The piece is intriguing stylistically in its unique figural composition and variety of lighting effects.