Rembrandt van Rijn (15 July 1606– 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative.
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1. At the beginning of his artistic career Rembrandt mainly painted portraits and a tenth of them were self portraits, but biblical themes formed the core of Rembrandt's oeuvre.Read more>>>
2.Rembrandt didn't come from a family of artists or craftsman, as many of his contemporaries. His father was a miller and his mother came from a family of bakers.
3. Though he was a successful portrait painter in his early days, but Rembrandt's later years were marked by financial hardships.
4. The Night Watch, which is one of the most famous paintings in the world, was painted by Rembrandt van Rijn between 1640 and 1642. The Night Watch is his most celebrated work.
5. Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum drew thousands of visitors eager to see Rembrandt van Rijn's "The Night Watch" and other Dutch treasures after Queen Beatrix reopened the national museum in April this year following its decade-long renovation.
6. It is believed that Rembrandt's eyes failed to align correctly, and he suffered from stereo blindness. It was concluded after studying 36 of Rembrandt's self-portraits.
7. Because of Rembrandt van Rijn's empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."
8. In the late 1640s, Rembrandt started a relationship with the much younger lady, who had initially been his maid.
9. His most famous works include: Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632), Belshazzar's Feast (1635), Night Watch (1642), Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654) and Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (1662).
10. Rembrandt died at the age of 63 on October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam.
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