Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97 cm National Gallery, London This wise-looking old man is Jacob Trip. He was one of the biggest arms dealers during one of the most turbulent periods of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait at the Age of 63 1669 Oil on canvas, 86 x 70.5 cm National Gallery, London You are looking into the eyes of a man in the last year of his life. Rembrandt is 63 and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait at the Age of 34 1640 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Rembrandt’s most famous self portraits, but it is also a painting concerned with history and illusion.…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Woman taken in Adultery 1644 Oil on oak, 83.8 x 65.4 cm National Gallery, London A woman kneels and weeps. Darkness like a great cavern surrounds her. A shaft of light picks her out on the stone…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1635 Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak, 31.9 x 26.7 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback c.1663 Oil on canvas, 294.5 x 241 cm National Gallery, London This life-size portrait of a man on a rearing horse is an extremely unusual painting. It is one of the largest…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels probably 1654–1656 Oil on canvas, 101.9 x 83.7 cm National Gallery, London Something doesn’t quite add up about this mysterious portrait. The sitter – Rembrandt did not identify her – has an almost regal…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?) 1654 Oil on oak, 61.8 x 47 cm National Gallery, London Rembrandt’s painting, unique for him in its tender intimacy, shows a young woman almost up to her knees in…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Franciscan Friar c.1655 Oil on canvas, 89 x 66.5 cm National Gallery, London This man is wearing the habit of a Franciscan friar (this order of monks was founded to follow the teachings of Saint Francis of…