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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Night Watch is one of the most famous Dutch Golden Age paintings. Rembrandt's large painting (363 by 437 centimetres (12 by 14 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet)) is famed for transforming a group portrait of a civic guard company into a compelling drama energized by light and shadow . The title is a misnomer; the painting does not depict a nocturnal scene.
At the time of that sale, Christie’s attributed the biblical scene to the “Circle of Rembrandt,” suggesting it had been carried out by a student or an artist close to the famous painter, and ...
At one time about ninety paintings were counted as Rembrandt self-portraits, but it is now known that he had his students copy his own self-portraits as part of their training. [9] Modern scholarship, especially the Rembrandt Research Project , has reduced the autograph count to over forty paintings, as well as a few drawings and thirty-one ...
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 ...
When conservators used X-rays to analyze Rembrandt’s 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” they discovered something unexpected under its surface: lead.