Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn A Medallion Portrait of Muhammad-Adil Shah of Bijapur Painting ID:: 39805 new12/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-649739.jpg
A Medallion Portrait of Muhammad-Adil Shah of Bijapur mk153
1654-1656
9.4x7.6cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Saskia with a Child Painting ID:: 51139 new18/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-577592.jpg
Saskia with a Child c. 1636
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Hendrickje Stoffels in the Window Painting ID:: 51314 new18/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-886822.jpg
Hendrickje Stoffels in the Window 1656-57
Oil on canvas,
86 x 65 cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn A woman with solfjader of a strutsplym Painting ID:: 53809 new19/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-992947.jpg
A woman with solfjader of a strutsplym mk234
about 1660
100x83cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Sjalvportratt at about 21 ars alder Painting ID:: 53810 new19/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-578854.jpg
Sjalvportratt at about 21 ars alder mk234
about 1627
20x16cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Self-Portrait Painting ID:: 53811 new19/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-953498.jpg
Self-Portrait mk234
1659
84x66cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Joseph is accused of Potifars wife Painting ID:: 53812 new19/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-646847.jpg
Joseph is accused of Potifars wife mk234
1655
106x98cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Judebruden Painting ID:: 53813 new19/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-324792.jpg
Judebruden mk234
1665-67
122x168cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Stadt auf einem Hugel bei sturmischem Wetter Painting ID:: 68549 new23/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-497366.jpg
Stadt auf einem Hugel bei sturmischem Wetter 1638(1638)
Oil on wood
52 ?? 72 cm
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn kokspingan Painting ID:: 69145 new23/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-639863.jpg
kokspingan 1651
olja på duk 78x63
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Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn batavernas trohetsed till claudius civilis Painting ID:: 69146 new23/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-674857.jpg
batavernas trohetsed till claudius civilis 1661-1662
olja på duk 196x309
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Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn batavernas trohetsed till claudius civilis, detalj Painting ID:: 69147 new23/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-578556.jpg
batavernas trohetsed till claudius civilis, detalj den sene rembrandts fria penselteknik framgår tydligt i framställningen av glaset t. h. på claudius-målningen
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Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn Portret van Rembrandt Painting ID:: 84266 new25/Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn-986834.jpg
Portret van Rembrandt ca. 1640(1640) (1639-1641)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 62.5 x 50 cm (24.6 x 19.7 in)
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b. 1606 Leiden, The Netherlands, d. 1669 Amsterdam,Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. From 1632 onwards he signed his works with only the forename Rembrandt; in documents, however, he continued to sign Rembrandt van Rijn (occasionally van Rhyn), initially with the addition of the patronymic 'Harmensz.'. This was no doubt in imitation of the great Italians such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian, on whom he modelled himself, sometimes literally. He certainly equalled them in fame, and not only in his own country. His name still symbolizes a whole period of art history rightfully known as 'Holland's Golden Age'. In 1970-71 a great exhibition in Paris was devoted to it under the eloquent title Le Si?cle de Rembrandt. A century before, a popular work of cultural history by C. Busken Huet referred to the Netherlands as 'the land of Rembrandt'. His fame is partly due to his multi-faceted talent. Frans Hals was perhaps at times a greater virtuoso with the brush but remained 'only' a portrait painter. Vermeer may have excelled Rembrandt in the art of illusion but was less prolific. Rembrandt was not only a gifted painter but also an inspired graphic artist: he has probably never been surpassed as an etcher, and he often seems inimitable as a draughtsman. His subjects reflect his manifold talent and interests. He painted, drew and etched portraits, landscapes, figures and animals, but, above all, scenes of biblical and secular history and mythology.