Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus at His Desk 1655 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam It is possible that this is a portrait of Rembrandt‘s son Titus around the age of fourteen. Slumped over his papers,…
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 a Woman, Possibly Maria Trip 1639 Oil on panel, 107 x 82 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The sitter is likely the 20-year-old Maria Trip. She hailed from an extremely wealthy family involved in the arms trade. Here,…
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) Tobit and Anna with the Kid 1626 Oil on panel, 39.5 x 30 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Interior with Tobit and Anna with the kid. On the left, the old blind Tobit sits with his dog by a fire.…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Denial of St Peter 1660 Oil on canvas, 154.5 x 169.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam While Christ is being questioned by the high priests in the dead of night, Peter waits outside. A maidservant recognizes him as one…
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,…
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Known as the ‘Night Watch’ Rembrandt (1606-1669) Night Watch 1642 Oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt‘s largest and most famous painting was made…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Isaac and Rebecca, known as ‘The Jewish Bride’ c.1665–1669 Oil on canvas, 121.5 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam To prevent being killed and having his wife captured by King Abimelech, Isaac concealed his love for Rebecca by pretending…