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  Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn - MSN Encarta
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher who is considered the greatest Dutch artist, not only as a painter of religious scenes and portraits but also as a draughtsman and innovative etcher of formidable ability.
Rembrandt was born in Leiden on July 15, 1606, the son of a prosperous miller, and was educated at the Latin school there.
Rembrandt continued to explore human expression—for example, the astonishment and fear on the faces of Belshazzar and his guests or the grimace on the face of a screaming Ganymede.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn Encyclopedia Information @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606– October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 (traditionally) but more probably in 1607 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
In 1629 Rembrandt was discovered by the statesman and poet Constantijn Huygens, the father of Christiaan Huygens (a famous Dutch mathematician and physicist), who procured for Rembrandt important commissions from the court of the Hague.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a baroque artist, who ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art.
Rembrandt began his studies at the Latin School, and at the age of 14 he was enrolled at the Leiden University.
Rembrandt's early drawings (of the 1630s) were frequently executed in fl or red chalk; later his favorite medium became pen and ink on white paper, often in combination with brushwork, lending a tonal accent.
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 Rembrandt van Rijn Biography
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history and the most important United Provinces (Netherlands) painter of the seventeenth century.
Rembrandt was not a member of the Reformed church since he was not summoned to appear for the Church council.
Rembrandt lived beyond his means, buying many art pieces and especially prints (often used in his paintings), and rarities, which probably caused his bankruptcy in 1656.
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 Rembrandt, general
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the Dutch Baroque artist, was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, Holland, to Gerritz van Rijn and Neeltgen Willemsdr.
Rembrandt's moving painting "The Return of the Prodigal Son" in one of his later biblical works where he concentrated on the inherent psychological drama rather than on the excitement on the narrative, as he had done in earlier works.
Rembrandt’s generation was squeezed between that of the vigor and self-assurance of the generation of Frans Hals and the quiet refinement of the generation of Jan Vermeer.
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 Rembrandt van Rijn, Life, Work and Chronology
Rembrandt began his studies at the Latin School, and at the age of 14 he was enrolled at the University of Leiden.
She is the cousin of Rembrandt's landlord and the daughter of the late burgomaster of Leeuwarden.
Her father, Rembrandt, is described as 'hale and hearty, 'in full use of his mind, memory and speech'.
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 Rembrandt van Rijn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the great Dutch baroque artists, was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, the Netherlands.
But Rembrandt is also famous for his self-portraits (view self-portrait of 1640), of which, it is estimated, he produced between 50 and 60.
Rembrandt has depicted the moment when the son, having returned home, is greeted by his father.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
A miller’s son, Rembrandt attended a Latin school and spent part of one year at the Univ. of Leiden, leaving in 1621 to study painting with a local artist, Jacob van Swanenburgh.
In 1625 Rembrandt returned to Leiden, where he developed his own distinct style, using the many possibilities of the oil medium, heavily layering the paint, and experimenting with diverse techniques.
Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam in 1632, where he became established as a portrait painter with his group portrait Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632; The Hague), a traditional subject to which he gave radical treatment.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn — Infoplease.com
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Rembrandt is acknowledged as the greatest master of the Dutch school.
Rembrandts reassessed: since 1992 only one of the 12 paintings in the Wallace Collection once attributed to Rembrandt has been accepted......
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 Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - Dutch Painter - 17th Century
Rembrandt Harmenszoon (son of Harmen) van Rijn (family came from the Rhine River area) was born into an atmosphere that was conducive to creativity.
Rembrandt's marriage to the beautiful and wealthy Saskia van Uylenburch in 1634 ushered in a period of contentment.
Rembrandt van Rijn was buried on October 8th in the Westerkerk.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden July 15, 1606.
Rembrandt stayed with Lastman for six months and Lastman's influence would continue to be present in his work.
Rembrandt paints himself into the aggressive mob with an ugly grimace adding to the evocation of cruelty and living with the evilness of man. (Gerson)The witness in the back of the composition face the viewer to watch the stoning, heightening the dramatic tension and drawing the viewer into the horrific scene.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15th July, 1606, in Leiden, the eighth of nine children of Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn and his wife, Neeltje van Suijttbroeck.
The turning point in Rembrandt's further career was the visit to Leiden of Constantijn Huygens, the widely educated secretary of the governor Prince Frederick Hendrick, who developed great interest in Rembrandt and his art.
Rembrandt was popular as a teacher and had a very large and profitable workshop with many student followers, including such outstanding painters as Gerard Dou, Aert de Gelder, Carel Fabritius, Philips Konink, Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck and Nicolaes Maes.
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 REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN
Rembrandt Harmenszoon (son of Harmen) van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, Holland, in the Netherlands.
Rembrandt's mounting debts caused him to transfer the ownership of his house to Titus, in an attempt to save it from his creditors.
Van Rijn's son Titus was born there and Saskia, his wife died while he was living there.
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 CGFA- Bio: Rembrandt
Rembrandt was a Dutch baroque artist who ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art.
His full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, and he possessed a profound understanding of human nature that was matched by a brilliant technique- not only in painting but in drawing and etching- and his work made an enormous impact on his contemporaries and influenced the style of many later artists.
Members of Rembrandt's family who served as his models are sometimes portrayed in other guises, as in Rembrandt's Mother as the Prophetess Anna (1631, Rijksmuseum), or the wistful Saskia as Flora, (1634, the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg).
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 Art Articles : Celebrating Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn's 400th Birthday in 2006
Rembrandt's works such as the famous "Night Watch" and "Jewish Bride" paintings will be exhibited in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam throughout the year 2006.
Rembrandt's close ties with Judaism are revealed in many of his paintings that have a Biblical theme, which will be on display in an exhibit at the Jewish Historical Museum from November 10, 2006 through February 4, 2007.
Rembrandt is known for creating more than 600 paintings, almost 2,000 drawings and about 300 etchings during his career.
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 WebMuseum: Rembrandt
The greatest artist of the Dutch school, he was a master of light and shadow whose paintings, drawings, and etchings made him a giant in the history of art.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Each man is painted with the care that Rembrandt gave to single portraits, yet the composition is such that the separate figures are second in interest to the effect of the whole.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
From the outset, Schama contrasts the life of Rembrandt with that of his older, equally talented countryman Peter Paul Rubens, whose meteoric rise and sustained success as a society painter forms a revealing contrast with Rembrandt's unhappier relationship with fame and fortune.
Rembrandt's intriguing painting technique has stirred the imagination of art lovers during his lifetime and ever since.
In this book, Rembrandt's pictorial intentions and the variety of materials and techniques he applied to create his fascinating effects are unraveled in depth.
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 Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
Rembrandt was born in Leyden, the son of a miller, at the time when Holland became an independent nation.
In 1634, he married Saskia van Ulylenborch, who brought him a considerable dowry as well as good connections, and Rembrandt promptly began to live well beyond his means.
Over a century after Amand-Durand painstakingly recreated Rembrandt’s etching, the benefits of his devotion to quality and beauty are again felt throughout the art world, AFA Editions, Inc., is the exclusive international publisher for the complete after Rembrandt collection.
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Rembrandt may have created more than 600 paintings as well as an enormous number of drawings and etchings.
The style of his earliest paintings, executed in the 1620s, shows the influence of his teacher, Pieter Lastman, in the choice of dramatic subjects, crowded compositional arrangements, and emphatic contrasts of light and shadow.
Many of Rembrandt's landscapes in this middle period are romantic and based on his imagination rather than recording specific places.
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 MavicaNET - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Rembrandt van Rijn [Dutch Baroque Era Painter and Engraver, 1606-1669] Links to the artist's works in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
Rembrandt, Dutch baroque artist, ranks as one of the greatest painters in the history of Western art.
He possessed a profound understanding of human nature that was matched by a brilliant technique—not only in painting but in drawing and etching—and his work made an enormous impact on his contemporaries and influenced the style of many later artists.
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 Biografía - Rembrandt. Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, pintor barroco holandés, nace en Leiden el 15 de julio de 1606.
A pesar de estos lamentables episodios, el arte de Rembrandt avanza, abandona la exuberancia barroca pero se enriquece con un colorido vibrante y un enorme interés por el detalle, creando nuevas iconografías adecuadas a la mentalidad protestante como La cena de Emaús o Cristo y la adúltera.
Rembrandt fallece en Amsterdam el 4 de octubre de 1669 a la edad de 63 años, siendo uno de los más innovadores y excepcionales artistas de todos los tiempos.
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 Rembrandt
Like Rubens, Rembrandt would have noted that Titian in his late work had gone in search of more reflective moods and discovered a new and glorious freedom in his brushstrokes.
Rembrandt: The Master and His Workshop: Drawings and Etchings, the companion volume to the previous listing.
Rembrandt and Saskia in the Scene of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern
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