Saskia van Uylenburgh

he first began officially working as a professional portraitist. By that time, he had begun to gain recognition and stardom for his world-class portraits. Rembrandt was living in the house of Hendrick van Uylenburgh, a Dutch art dealer, who introduced Rembrandt to his cousin, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom Rembrandt married in 1634. This relationship only further progressed his career, bringing him in contact with rich patrons awaiting to commission portraits of themselves and their families.9 As

In 1631 Rembrandt entered a business association with Hendrick Uylenburgh (1584 or 1589–c. 1660), an Amsterdam pro in depictions who had a wide workshop that painted representations, got done with changing tries, and made duplicates, among different exercises. Rembrandt clearly had formally composed or was influenced by Uylenburgh to leave Leiden, then in decreasing, for Amsterdam, which was flourishing. Settling in another town and there changing into a pro of the overall population—which was

Rembrandt Harmenszoom van Rijn Rembrandt was best known for his self-portraits and etching works, known as the Dutch Golden Age. He was the most respected artist of his times. With the use of shadow and light, illustrations of biblical scenes, and self-portraits in his paintings earned him great fame. Rembrandt was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, which was considered Dutch Republic. He was one of nine children. His father, Harmon Rijn (Dutch Reformed Church) and his mother, Neetlgen Zuybrouck

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. Rembrandt was also a proficient printmaker and made many drawings. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age (roughly equivalent to the 17th century), in which Dutch culture, science, commerce, world power and political influence reached their pinnacles. In all, Rembrandt produced around 600 paintings, 300 etchings

perfect example is The Noble Slav from 1632. He was preoccupied with features of the sitter and the many details surround them such as furniture and clothes. Sometimes when using family members, he would conceal them as another, such as when he used Saskia as Flora from 1634 or his Mother as the Prophetess Anna from 1631. During this time he was so engrossed in self analysis that he created many self-portraits, around sixty. Perhaps, he created more self-portraits than any other artist has. Many

Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch artist well known for his many paintings and etchings of landscapes, figures and animals. His subjects included biblical, secular and mythological scenes. Rembrandt also dabbled in the nude even though they were not popular among his contemporaries. Rembrandt’s nudes were his interpretation of the real human body. He painted every wrinkle and every fold of the body. Rembrandt’s nudes were not considered ugly and grotesque. His nudes were unlike the Greek goddesses his

Rembrandt 1. First off, your full name is? My entire name is “Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn” (Rembrandt van Rijn, 2012). 2. When and where were you born? I was born July 15th, 1606 in Leiden, which is a Dutch province of the Netherlands (Rembrandt van Rijn, 2012). Leiden was a lovely place to grow up. 3. Did you have a nice childhood? I was born into a “well-to-do” family that came from a modest bakery. I grew up with my rowdy siblings and had a truly happy childhood (Rembrandt, 2014). 4. How

accepting students after 1628. Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam at the end of 1631, then the up and coming business capital of the Netherlands, and practiced as a professional portraitist for the first time with great success. In 1634, Rembrandt married Saskia

Saskia, the wife of Rembrandt, died shortly after Titus’s birth. The artist never married again, instead devoting his attention to his only son, Titus. Marital fidelity. Love. Parental devotion. Whimsically, he roamed the gallery, stopping at the portrait

the age of fifteen, Rembrandt’s amazing talent for drawing emerged. Agreeing that giving up his academic studies might be a wise thing to do, his father began supporting him in the study of art. At fist, he was apprenticed to a local master, Jacob van Swanenburgh. As he became more mature in his abilities, he then moved to Amsterdam to study with the historical painter, Pieter Lastman. Rembrandt spent six months there, mastering everything he was taught, then returned to Leiden. Here he set up