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A Franciscan Friar (c.1655)

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…

An Elderly Man as Saint Paul (1659)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) An Elderly Man as Saint Paul probably 1659 Oil on canvas, 102 x 85.5 cm National Gallery, London Between the late 1650s and early 1660s Rembrandt painted a series of intimate half-length pictures of religious figures. He seems…

Belshazzar’s Feast (c.1636-1638)

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…

A Bearded Man in a Cap (late 1650s)

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…

Portrait of Aechje Claesdr (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Aechje Claesdr 1634 Oil on oak, 71.1 x 55.9 cm National Gallery, London The optical illusion created by this painting, is a powerful one. Rembrandt has used contrasts between light and dark – for example, the…

Portrait of Titus van Rijn (c.1662)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Titus van Rijn c.1662 Oil on canvas, 72 x 56 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Since 1873 (Bode), considered a portrait of Titus, Rembrandt‘s son, while the painting passed for a long time (end of the…

Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit (1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit 1660 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt portrays his 19-year-old son Titus as a Franciscan monk. The rules of the Order prescribe a life of poverty and…