100 Great Artists

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

1606 Bo.-nin i1idm,
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1624 Srudi"in

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portrait;n. S"'rIT

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1642

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1668

1669

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Sash'" gr.'" birth

to fo1lr cbildrm,

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Birtb" dnugb,,.,.

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IlmdricJj<. PaintJ

llcndridjc

futhing

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Portr~it of the )"Oung Sa<kho (16H)

Sa,h" may ""~r haUl! ""rn !bu mri"w b", in puNic. rina

R""brundt "ft." pai"utl b;,m,/f and bit family ar""J in ,,,,,ric

ca5"',"". 7b, Dureb Un" Iro.,ic rry"' to a "P'aai 'YP< if pim".,

in"",I,d '" a ebaraeu,-rrlllly "nb.r Iban a J"traigbt p,m.-ail

R

Cl1lb,an'h "an Riin's dur cmpathy

with ,t~C human condition makcs it

surprlS"'g to it ... rn thot hc nC,"Cr

tn,'cllcd outsidc ]-loll. nd. 11"",c,,,, Lastm.n,

his """t innucnti.1 tc.cher, h.d iK't:n to ltal)'

and ,>I,,,,,,,,,] thc wo.-k ofCar''''ggio. La"man

taught his 1"'1'; 1 thc tcchnique of ,billY",<UnJ (thc

, endenng of ""trCmc light and shade) and

Rcmh.-.ndt quickly Icarn"] to h.ndlc it ",ith.

'kill few ha,'c Cn'" m1tchcd.

T hc artist's p<.,.,onal lifc ,,-as. catl loguc of

misfortunc. Iii. fi,st wife, Sa<ki., .nd th,tt of

thcir child, ..... dicd ,'cry carly. Rcmbrandt,

although su""cssful. had no he.d for bu,incss

antiquitics >how,,] a collcctio" that indudcd

Lcorurdo, Michd""gdo, R.ol'h:.ocl. I ]oll",in,

Tiri"" and Rul",ns: .nd hc h.d sto.-"" of cxotic

dothcs, ornaments .nd anllour, ",hich he u",d

as 1"'1" in his p.intings.

Dunng Rcmbrmdt's long cart"" hc cnpg"]

in dtawing, e",hing • nd I'" inting. 0,,<.,. looO of

his worls still exist and although he is l'rul",bly

best known for I_mnirun::, particularly his own,

his subiectS ,ange through biblic.1 themcs,

e'''I}'day life. I.ndscapc .nd nudc<. In cach

g<:nn:: he cun,er<' minu", of 11".,ds_ he would

study his Own expn::ssion" in thc mirro, - and

,uch dept h of fttling, that hc endun::s as one of

.nd disastrously ""pensi,'c tastC<. At his tbe ,,.,st s),llp1thctic and apl" ""iat,,1 of all the

bankruptcy, an im'cn"")' of hi. art and gr< ... t arti,ts.