Rembrandt
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Basic data
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Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van
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July 15, 1606 in Leiden
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†October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam
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Künstler, Maler, Kunsthändler
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Leiden, Amsterdam
Iconography
.jpg "Rembrandt's son Titus painted as a Franciscan monk (1660) (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The Abduction of Europa (1632) has been described as "...a shining example of the 'golden age' of Baroque painting".[79] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_-_The_Abduction_of_Europa_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Abduction of Europa (1632) has been described as \"...a shining example of the 'golden age' of Baroque painting\".[79] (Source: Wikimedia)")
_-_Self-Portrait_in_a_Flat_Cap_-_RCIN_404120_-_Royal_Collection.jpg "Rembrandt van Rijn – Self-Portrait with a flat cap (1642) Royal Collection (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Self Portrait (1658), now housed in the Frick Collection in New York City, has been described as "the calmest and grandest of all his portraits".[80] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_-_Zelfportret_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Self Portrait (1658), now housed in the Frick Collection in New York City, has been described as \"the calmest and grandest of all his portraits\".[80] (Source: Wikimedia)")
_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Hundred Guilder Print (c. 1647–49), an etching now housed in the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "The Polish Rider (c. 1655) is possibly a Lisowczyk on horseback. (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The Man with the Golden Helmet, now housed in Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, was considered one of the most famous Rembrandt portraits but is no longer attributed to the master.[115] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mann_mit_dem_Goldhelm.jpg "The Man with the Golden Helmet, now housed in Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, was considered one of the most famous Rembrandt portraits but is no longer attributed to the master.[115] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![In 1775, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, then 25-years-old, wrote in a letter that "I live wholly with Rembrandt" ("...ich zeichne, künstle p. Und lebe ganz mit Rembrandt."). At the age of 81 (1831), Goethe wrote the essay "Rembrandt der Denker" ("Rembrandt the Thinker"), published in his posthumous collection.[140][141] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goethe_(Stieler_1828).jpg "In 1775, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, then 25-years-old, wrote in a letter that \"I live wholly with Rembrandt\" (\"...ich zeichne, künstle p. Und lebe ganz mit Rembrandt.\"). At the age of 81 (1831), Goethe wrote the essay \"Rembrandt der Denker\" (\"Rembrandt the Thinker\"), published in his posthumous collection.[140][141] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The Jewish Bride (c. 1665–1669), now housed at Rijksmuseum. Vincent van Gogh's wrote in 1885, "I should be happy to give 10 years of my life if I could go on sitting here in front of this picture (The Jewish Bride) for a fortnight, with only a crust of dry bread for food." In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent wrote, "What an intimate, what an infinitely sympathetic picture it is."[176] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_-_Portret_van_een_paar_als_oudtestamentische_figuren,_genaamd_%27Het_Joodse_bruidje%27_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Jewish Bride (c. 1665–1669), now housed at Rijksmuseum. Vincent van Gogh's wrote in 1885, \"I should be happy to give 10 years of my life if I could go on sitting here in front of this picture (The Jewish Bride) for a fortnight, with only a crust of dry bread for food.\" In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent wrote, \"What an intimate, what an infinitely sympathetic picture it is.\"[176] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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