Aert de Gelder built a career practicing Rembrandt van Rijn's style. From 1661 to 1663 De Gelder was one of Rembrandt's last students in Amsterdam. He returned to his native Dordrecht in Holland, but the experience was unforgettable. Painting principally biblical subjects and portraits, de Gelder retained Rembrandt's naturalness, sympathy, and human warmth. Like those of his master, de Gelder's Ol
