3a. rembrandt van rijn

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REMBRANDT van RIJN 1606- 1669 DUTCH BAROQUE

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REMBRANDT van

RIJN

1606- 1669

DUTCH BAROQUE

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REMBRANDT van RIJN1606- 1669 (DUTCH)

Self- portrait,

1629 Oil on panel, 38.2

x 31 cm. Germanises Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Born Leiden, Netherlands

Artist, Baroque period

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A time when the Catholic Church was trying to win people back – the Counter Reformation.• Religious themes very popular• Influenced by work of great Italian artists• Incorporated classicism and baroque style in his

work

Judas Repentant, Returning the Pieces of Silver1629

Oil on panel

79 x 102.3 cm.

Private collection

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1634 Married the

wealthy Saskia

van Uylenbuch

Oil on panel

52.5 x 44 cm.

Staatliche

Kunstsammlungen,

Dresden

Bust of Young Woman Smiling (probably Saskia van Uylenburgh)

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Early works included paintings of single and group portraits resulting in immediate wealth

Fascinated by effects of light - used it to dramatise and unify his compositions

The

Nightwatch

1642

Oil on canvas

379.5 x 453.5 cm.

Rijksmuseum,

Amsterdam

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Portrayed the human figure with multiplicity of gestures and facial expressions

The

Syndics

of the

Cloth

Guild

1662

Oil on canvas

191.5 x 279

cm.

Rijksmuseum,

Amsterdam

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Painted intense light and mysterious shadows

Use of chiaroscuro i.e. spotlight effect of dramatic light and shade

Belshazza

r’s Feast

1635

Oil on canvas

167.6 x

209.2cm.

National

Gallery, London

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Death of his son Titus and mistress, Hendrickes Stoffles, in1663

Hendrick

es

Stoffles

at a

Window

1655

Oil on canvas

86 x 65 cm.

Gemäldegalerie,

Berlin

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Themes revealed in paintings: Inner character of the subject, not merely outward appearance

Portrait of an Old Man in an Armchair1654

Oil on canvas

128 x 112 cm.

Hermitage

Museum,

Saint Petersburg

A Young Man at a Table (possibly Govaert Flinck) 1660

Oil on canvas

109 x 89.5 cm.

National Gallery of

Art, Washington

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His later more misunderstood style affected his financial position.

Rembrandt lost his financial wealth and died

Simeon at the Temple1669

Oil on canvas

98.5 x 79.5 cm.

National

Museum,

Stockholm

Self Portrait

of an Old Man1669

Oil on canvas

65.4 x 60.2 cm.

Mauritshuis,

The Hague

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Rembrandt’s life of happiness,

prosperity, grief and misfortune is

documented in more than 70 self

portraits

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