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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…

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…

An Old Woman Reading (1631)

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,…

A Young Man Seated at a Table (c.1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Young Man Seated at a Table, possibly Govaert Flinck c.1660 Oil on canvas, 109.9 x 89.5 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…

An Old Lady with a Book (1637)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) An Old Lady with a Book 1637 Oil on canvas, 109.7 x 91.5 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…

Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat (c.1663)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat c.1663 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 94 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…

A Woman Holding a Pink (1656)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman Holding a Pink 1656 Oil on canvas, 103 x 86 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…

Philemon and Baucis (1658)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Philemon and Baucis 1658 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 54.5 x 68.5 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…

The Apostle Paul (c.1657)

Rembrandt and Workshop? (1606-1669) The Apostle Paul c.1657 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 104.4 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…