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) 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) Belshazzar’s Feast c.1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 209.2 cm National Gallery, London Belshazzar’s Feast was painted somewhere between 1636 and 1638, when Rembrandt was about 30 years old. He had to make his way in Amsterdam, a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Bearded Man in a Cap late 1650s Oil on canvas, 78 x 66.7 cm National Gallery, London This melancholy image of an old man lost in thought is one of a group of studies made by Rembrandt…
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) 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) A Polish Nobleman 1637 Oil on panel. 96.8 x 66 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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in Oriental Costume c.1635 Oil on linen, 98.5 x 74.5 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 with Pieter…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat c.1663 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 94 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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Philemon and Baucis 1658 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 54.5 x 68.5 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 with…