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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg 1634 Oil on panel, 68.6 x 53.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Haesje van Cleyburg, the wife of a wealthy Rotterdam beer brewer, is fashionably yet extremely soberly dressed. She has not been made…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Maria Trip 1639 Oil on panel, 107 x 82 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Maria’s father amassed enormous wealth through trade in iron and arms. In 1639 she was 20 years old and still unmarried.…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a man, thought to be Dr. Ephraim Bueno 1645–1647 Oil on panel, 19 x 15 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Ephraim Bueno (1599–1665), a Jewish physician, poet and translator from Portugal, probably belonged to Rembrandt’s circle of friends.…
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) Young Woman in Fantasy Costume 1633 Oil on panel, 65 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This young woman’s clothing does not reflect the fashion of Rembrandt’s day, but dates from earlier centuries. That suggests this is a tronie,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man Seated at a Table, possibly Govaert Flinck c.1660 Oil on canvas, 109.9 x 89.5 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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait 1659 Oil on canvas, 84.5 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 six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist probably begun 1634/1635 and completed 1638/1640 Oil on panel, 60.5 x 49 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went…
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…