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Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (1640)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait at the Age of 34 1640 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Rembrandt’s most famous self portraits, but it is also a painting concerned with history and illusion.…

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…

Ecce Homo (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…

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…

Anna and the Blind Tobit (c.1630)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Anna and the Blind Tobit c.1630 Oil on oak, 63.8 x 47.7 cm National Gallery, London Even as a young man, Rembrandt was interested in the depiction of old age and aged people. He painted them as if…

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…

Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bathsheba at Her Bath 1654 Oil on canvas, 142 x 142 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Subject taken from the Bible (II Book of Samuel, the importance of the letter delivered to Bathsheba, the strong point of an…