Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Dutch Artist · 1606–1669
14 works on LinkedCulture
The ninth child of well-to-do millers, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn was born in Leiden on July 15, 1606. In 1620, after two years at Leiden University, Rembrandt became the pupil of Jacob van Swanenburgh. He subsequently moved to Amsterdam to apprentice with the leading history painter in the Netherlands, Pieter Lastman, absorbing his colorful palette and eloquent narrative approach. After six mon
Works
An Artist in His Studio
Getty Museum · about 1630
An Old Man in Military Costume
Getty Museum · about 1630–1631
A Sailing Boat on a Wide Expanse of Water
Getty Museum · about 1650
A Wooded Road
Getty Museum · about 1650
A Young Scholar and his Tutor
Getty Museum · about 1629–1630
Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel
Getty Museum · 1633
Joseph in Prison Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh's Baker and Butler
Getty Museum · about 1639
Landscape with the House with the Little Tower
Getty Museum · about 1651
Nude Woman with a Snake
Getty Museum · about 1637
Saint Bartholomew
Getty Museum · 1661
Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh
Getty Museum · about 1656–1661
Study of a Man Talking to a Woman Seated on the Left
Getty Museum · about 1635–1636
Two Studies of the Head of an Old Man
Getty Museum · 1626
Two Thatched Cottages with Figures at a Window
Getty Museum · about 1640