Rembrandt
The Music Party 1626
The Abduction Of Ganymede
Self Portrait as a Young Man 1634
Danae (detail-1) 1636-47
Ephraim Bonus, Jewish Physician
Saskia as Flora 1634
Cottage Among Trees 1650-51
Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan c. 1660
Philemon and Baucis
Bust of an Old Man in a Fur Cap 1630
Jan Rijcksen and his Wife, Griet Jans ('The Shipbuilder and his Wife')
Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642)
The Mennonite Minister Cornelis Claesz. Anslo in Conversation with his Wife, Aaltje 1641
Christ Driving The Money Changers From The Temple
Portrait of an Old Man in Red 1652-54
Portrait of an Old Man in Red (detail -1) 1652-54
Self-Portrait 1658
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1644
The Little Children Being Brought to Jesus, The 100 Guilder Print 1647-49
Family Group 1666-68
Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern c. 1635
The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen 1638
Adoration of the Shepherds 1646
Titus van Rijn in a Monk's Habit
Apostle Paul 1635
Danae 1636-47
The Three Crosses (second state) 1653
The Return of the Prodigal Son (detail -4) c. 1669
The flight into Egypt
The Apostle Paul
La Visitation,detroit 1640
Christ With Folded Arms
Self-Portrait 1660
Portrait of an Old Man 1665
Portrait of a Man in Military Dress
The raising of the cross,munich 1633
Saint James the Greater
The Return of the Prodigal Son (detail -1) c. 1669
Philosopher Reading
Musical Allegory
Rembrandt - One of the Greatest Storytellers in the History of Arts
Childhood
Out of the ten children born to father Gerritson Van Rijn, Rembrandt was one of them. His father sent him to a Latin school where his education focused on Greek & Roman classics, which became the subject of most of his celebrated works. At 14, he studied painting at Leyden University under Jacob Van Schwanbergh and Pieter Lastman.
The Work Begins
As of late 1625, Rembrandt began work as a guild certified master of paintings. He set out to showcase the art of expressing human expressions. He used to term natural liveliness to capture the kind of accidental unrestrained emotions. Rembrandt sets out to experiment with the composition of the visual elements and the physical composition of the painting itself.
The Artist Evolves
In 1630, he headed for Amsterdam, seeking greener pastures. He found representation with the dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh. Three years later, Rembrandt married Henriks's cousin Saskia Van Uylenburgh. At this time, Rembrandt painted numerous commissioned portraits and saw a huge rise in his fame & fortune. In the mid-1630s, he added the famous 'D' to his first name.
Trouble In paradise
Saskia and Rembrandt tried multiple times to start a family. Out of the four children they had, Titus survived infancy, but Saskia fell ill shortly after his birth, and Rembrandt started an affair with their maid, Geertje Dircx. Saskia died on June 14th, 1962; the same year, night watch was released.
Popular Works
Rembrandt's famous works include a lot of masterpieces like Belshazzar's Feast (1635), Danae (1636), Bathsheba at her Bath(1654). But his most famous work, The close watch, painted in 1942, was uniquely Dutch and enormous as a modern billboard. The decade following the reveal of The Night Watch, Rembrandt stopped accepting portrait commissions did no significant work in this period, which contributed to the 'Rembrandt Myth.'
Fall from grace
Debts and spending continued to hunt Rembrandt, and he declared bankruptcy in 1656. His house & possessions have been sold at auction, but they failed to cover what he owed. His bankruptcy stripped him of his guild membership and his ability to work as a master artist. His son Titus died in the year 1668, and he followed a year later.