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) Self-portrait, bare head 1633 Oil on panel, 60 x 47 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The gorget, quite common in Rembrandt‘s self-portraits, worn by the artist under his clothing, contributes to his taste for disguises (here as a…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-portrait with Beret and Gold Chain 1633 Oil on panel, 70 x 53 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus, the Artist’s Son c.1657 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57.3 cm Wallace Collection, London Titus van Rijn (1641-68) was the only one of Rembrandt’s four children by his first wife Saskia to survive infancy. A portrait of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Man in Oriental Dress 1635 Oil on panel, 72 x 54.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt plays with light in a singular manner. Here it floods the man’s turban and the right side of his face like a powerful…
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) Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem 1630 Oil on panel, 58 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The crestfallen Prophet Jeremiah rests his weary, old head on his hand. He laments Jerusalem going up in flames – in the…
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…
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…