Tag: light

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Black Hat (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Wearing a Black Hat 1634 Oil on panel, 69.9 x 53 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Even early in his career, Rembrandt was surrounded by a circle of students and followers. Many imitated…

Artist in his Studio (c.1628)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Artist in his Studio c.1628 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 31.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A young artist stands in a nearly empty studio, brushes in hand. Rather than showing the artist in the act of…

Portrait of Philips Lucasz (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Philips Lucasz 1635 Oil on oak, 79.5 x 58.9 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made in 1635, when Rembrandt was 29 years old, just over three years after he had set up his studio…

Portrait of Jacob Trip (c.1661)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97 cm National Gallery, London This wise-looking old man is Jacob Trip. He was one of the biggest arms dealers during one of the most turbulent periods of…

Self Portrait at the Age of 63 (1669)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait at the Age of 63 1669 Oil on canvas, 86 x 70.5 cm National Gallery, London You are looking into the eyes of a man in the last year of his life. Rembrandt is 63 and…

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…

The Woman taken in Adultery (1644)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Woman taken in Adultery 1644 Oil on oak, 83.8 x 65.4 cm National Gallery, London A woman kneels and weeps. Darkness like a great cavern surrounds her. A shaft of light picks her out on the stone…

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1635 Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak, 31.9 x 26.7 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and…

Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels (1654-1656)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels probably 1654–1656 Oil on canvas, 101.9 x 83.7 cm National Gallery, London Something doesn’t quite add up about this mysterious portrait. The sitter – Rembrandt did not identify her – has an almost regal…