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 "The Jewish Bride" (1665) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Rape of Ganymede" (1635) Gemäldegalerie, Dresden	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen" (1638) Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph" (1656) Staatliche Museen, Kassel
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Landscape with the Good Samaritan" (1638) Czartoryski Museum, Cracow	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Winter Landscape" (1646) Staatliche Museen, Kassel	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias" (1637) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Apostle Paul" (1635) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Man in a Golden Helmet" (1650) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Artist in his Studio" (1626-1628) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Night Watch" (1642) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Danae" (1636-1647) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Titus" (1655) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Christ at Emmaus" (1648) Louvre Museum, Paris, France	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Mill" (1650) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem" (1630) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (1669) Louvre Museum, Paris, France	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Descent from the Cross" (1634) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Dream of St Joseph" (1650-1655) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Three Crosses first state" (1653) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Anatomy Lesson" (1631) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts" (1631) Frick Collection, New York	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Girl at a Window" (1651) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Self Portrait Wearing a Toque and a Gold Chain" (1633) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Sacrifice of Abraham" (1635) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of an Old Jew" (1654) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Self Portrait 7" (1659) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Faust" (1650-1652) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Three Crosses second state" (1653) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp" (1632) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Bathsheba at Her Bath" (1654) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Wedding of Samson" (1638) Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Self Portrait with Lace Collar" (1629) Mauritshuis, The Hague	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Stormy Landscape" (1638) Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Return of the Prodigal Son detail 1" (1669) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Portrait of the Artist at His Easel" (1660) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Rembrandt Van Rijn "Sacrifice of Isaac" (1635) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Flayed Ox" (1655) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Rembrandt Van Rijn "The Holy Family" (1635) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Rembrandt Van Rijn "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery" (1644) National Gallery, London

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