Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man, perhaps the Artist’s Son Titus c.1668 Oil on canvas, 78.6 x 64.2 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Emerging from the inky darkness of the background, a young man turns to meet the gaze of the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading c.1656–1657 Oil on canvas, 71.5 × 64.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Titus van Rijn was born in 1641 and was the only one of Rembrandt‘s four children and his first wife…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert 1633 Oil on canvas, 130 x 103 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Amsterdam merchant Abraham Anthonisz Recht was a convinced Remonstrant and great admirer of Wtenbogaert. He commissioned this portrait from Rembrandt in 1633 and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul 1661 Oil on canvas, 91 x 77 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt is 55 years old in this self-portrait, and he still looks at himself candidly. Here he assumes the guise of a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Staalmeesters (The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’) 1662 Oil on canvas, 191.5 x 279 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam After suffering financial difficulties in the 1650s, Rembrandt moved to a rental house on the Rozengracht.…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah 1631 Oil on panel, 60 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Here the light comes from behind the old woman: the brightest illumination falls on the book and her wrinkled hand,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Musical Company 1626 Oil on panel, 63.5 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The subject of this painting is a mystery: is it an exhortation to praise God through singing and string music, or a scene of seduction with…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) An Old Lady with a Book 1637 Oil on canvas, 109.7 x 91.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months…
Rembrandt and Workshop? (1606-1669) The Apostle Paul c.1657 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 104.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard 1637 Oil on panel, 31 x 42 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg