Rembrandt (1606-1669)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was an illustrious painter of the Dutch school, born at Leyde and dead at Amsterdam (1606-1669). He was the leader of the reaction against the Italian influence in the Netherlands. By this reaction, the Dutch artists affirmed the values of nature against the classical pomposity of the composition, against the traditional purity of lines, the theatrical nobility of attitudes and the cold sobriety of colors.

Rembrandt is without any doubt the master of chiaroscurro effects, of powerful painting, showing absolute mastery of color. He was the first to show the resources of color, in depicting carnation effects, the fine harmony of ensembles, the vigor of shadows, and the brightness of light. His immense body of work consists of around 350 paintings, and almost as many acuarels, portraits, biblical subjects, landscapes.

Among his masterpieces, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Danae, Batsheba at her bath The Night Watch, The Syndics, The Anatomy Lesson.

Rembrandt Van Rijn "Rape of Ganymede" (1635) Gemäldegalerie, Dresden	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Jewish Bride" (1665) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Self Portrait 7" (1659) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Apostle Paul" (1635) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph" (1656) Staatliche Museen, Kassel	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Titus" (1655) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen" (1638) Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Winter Landscape" (1646) Staatliche Museen, Kassel
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Three Crosses second state" (1653) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Return of the Prodigal Son detail 4" (1669) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Artist in his Studio" (1626-1628) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Man in a Golden Helmet" (1650) Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias" (1637) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Return of the Prodigal Son detail 1" (1669) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Bathsheba at Her Bath" (1654) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Landscape with the Good Samaritan" (1638) Czartoryski Museum, Cracow
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts" (1631) Frick Collection, New York	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Philosopher in Meditation" (1632) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Night Watch" (1642) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of an Old Man in Red detail 1" (1652-1654) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Saskia the Artists Wife" (1643) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of an Old Jew" (1654) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Mill" (1650) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Lucretia" (1666) Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Raising of Lazarus" (1630) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Flayed Ox" (1655) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (1669) Louvre Museum, Paris, France	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" (1644) National Gallery, London
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp detail 1" (1632) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp" (1632) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Blinding of Samson" (1636) Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Girl at a Window" (1651) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Danae" (1636-1647) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Three Crosses first state" (1653) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Christ at Emmaus" (1648) Louvre Museum, Paris, France	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Self Portrait with Lace Collar" (1629) Mauritshuis, The Hague
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Descent from the Cross" (1634) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Landscape with a Stone Bridge 2" (1638) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Anatomy Lesson" (1631) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Stormy Landscape" (1638) Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig

Rembrandt, Snarling Bear, Devils Dazzle at Morgan Dutch Treat BusinessWeek - 26 Jan 2012 at 7:49pm ... subjects and themes -- from Danae receiving the Golden Rain to the Adoration of the Magi; from fishermen, peasants and shepherds to the Dutch fleet, revelers at a wedding, birds, tulips and a snarling bear. The show's main attraction is Rembrandt.