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A Woman bathing in a Stream (1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream (Hendrickje Stoffels?) 1654 Oil on oak, 61.8 x 47 cm National Gallery, London Rembrandt’s painting, unique for him in its tender intimacy, shows a young woman almost up to her knees in…

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…

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…

Venus and Cupid (after 1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Venus and Cupid after 1660 Oil on canvas, 118 x 90 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Former title: Hendrickje Stoffels as Venus For vague reasons of resemblance, the painting passes, a pure supposition of Bredius (1910), to represent…

Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels (c.1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels c.1654 Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Since 1883 (Bode), the model has passed convincingly to be Hendrickje Stofetls, the painter’s partner after Saskia‘s death in 1642. Typical Neo-Vetanian…

The Supper at Emmaus (1648)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Supper at Emmaus 1648 Oil on mahogany, 68 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Scene taken from the Gospel of Saint Luke (XXIV, 13-33), in which Christ, the day after his resurrection, reveals his divinity to…

Self-portrait, bare head (1633)

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…

Self-Portrait (c.1634-1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) & workshop? Self-Portrait c.1634–1635 Oil on oak, 80 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Partially repainted painting and a complex execution process. Initially rectangular in format – the panel originally bore a student composition of the master inspired…