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REMBRANDT
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Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar (1659) |
- Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
- He is generally considered one of the greatest visual
artists in the history of Western art.
- It is estimated that Rembrandt's surviving works amount to about
300 paintings, 300 etchings, and several hundred drawings.
- Rembrandt never went abroad, but was considerably influenced by the work of the Italian Old Masters and Dutch and Flemish artists who had studied in Italy.
- After he achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships.
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Unlike most Dutch painters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of styles and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological subjects and animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age.
(Wikipedia)
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