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Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Legacy

Rembrandt was a highly influential Dutch painter and etcher during the 17th century Dutch Golden Age period. He is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. Rembrandt achieved early success as a portrait painter but later faced personal and financial hardships. Nonetheless, his etchings and paintings remained popular during his lifetime. His self-portraits provide an intimate self-survey. Rembrandt exhibited knowledge of classical iconography in his biblical scenes, informed by his textual knowledge and observations of Amsterdam's Jewish population. Due to his empathy for humanity, he has been called a great prophet of civilization.

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Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Legacy

Rembrandt was a highly influential Dutch painter and etcher during the 17th century Dutch Golden Age period. He is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. Rembrandt achieved early success as a portrait painter but later faced personal and financial hardships. Nonetheless, his etchings and paintings remained popular during his lifetime. His self-portraits provide an intimate self-survey. Rembrandt exhibited knowledge of classical iconography in his biblical scenes, informed by his textual knowledge and observations of Amsterdam's Jewish population. Due to his empathy for humanity, he has been called a great prophet of civilization.

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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/rmbrnt, -brnt/;[2] Dutch: [rmbrnt rm(n)son vn


rin] (

listen);

15 July 1606[1] 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally

considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers inEuropean art and the most important
in Dutch history.[3] 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 theBaroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and
gave rise to important new genres in painting.
Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by
personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his
lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, [4] and for twenty years he taught many important
Dutch painters.[5] Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of
his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a
unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the
utmost sincerity.[3]
In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical iconography, which he molded to fit
the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by
Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his
observations of Amsterdam's Jewish population.[6] Because of his empathy for the human condition,
he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."[7]

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