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[[Image:Rembrandt Self Portrait.jpg|leftthumb|right|''Self Portrait'' (1659)]]'''Rembrandt''' (full name ''Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn'') ' (Leiden 1606 - Amsterdam 1669), was the most acclaimed painter in the [[Netherlands]]&mdash;and the greatest of the "Dutch Masters." He considered himself a religious painter, but he is most famous for his [[portraits]]. Rembrandt produced about 600 paintings , including his more than 90 self -portraits, he made . He created 300 etchings, and an estimated number of about 1,400 drawings. Most of his drawings look unfinished, but he stated "a drawing is finished when the artist has fulfilled his intentions. " Some of his most famous paintings are: Jewish Bride (1632), include ''Nightwatch '' (1642), [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Rembrandt_SYNDICS_OF_THE_CLOTH_MERCHANTS%27_GUILD.jpg ''The Syndics of The Cloth Guild ''] (16611662), ''Bathsheba at Her Bath'' (1654), [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Rembrandt_Jacob_Blessing_the_Sons_of_Joseph.JPG ''Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph ''] (1656), and a Self Portrait ''Jewish Bride'' (16591667). Rembrandt's paintings are known for their depiction of light and shadow (chiaroscuro). The increasing number of portraits by Rembrandt and others demonstrated the new emphasis on [[individualism]] in the Renaissance. Rembrandt literally paints his autobiography by means of some forty pictures, as well as thirty-one prints and numerous drawings.<ref>[http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/404120/self-portrait-in-a-flat-cap From Enchanting the Eye: Dutch paintings of the Golden Age, London, 2004.]</ref>

Rembrandt's paintings are known for their depiction of light and shadow. The increasing number last years of portraits by Rembrandt and others demonstrated the new emphasis on [[individualism]] in the Renaissance.[[Image:Rembrandt The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|thumb|right|This red-chalk drawing by Rembrandt is closely based on an early print after Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural of the Last Supper]]''Of all the Baroque masters, it was Rembrandt who evolved the most revolutionary technique life were spent in increasing poverty and who seemed to grow into the Italians' spiritual heirsadness.''<ref> [http://www.artchiveoldandsold.com/artchivearticles29/R/rembrandtart-stories-3.html Rembrandtshtml The Syndics Of The Cloth Hall] The ARTCHIVE. </ref><br><br>:::[[Image:Rembrandt Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse.jpg|90px|Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse]]

''The Netherlands of the 17th century saw an extraordinary growth of artistic achievement, accompanied by great prosperity. Painters such as Rembrandt, [[Jan Vermeer|Vermeer]], [[Frans Hals|Hals]], De Hooch, and Ruisdael began to specialize in [[Portraits|portraiturePortraiture]], landscape[[Landscape]], still [[Still life]], and genre [[Genre Painting Gallery|Genre painting]].'' The Metropolitan [[Museum ]] of Art, New York.

[[Image:Rembrandt The Blinding of SamsonLast Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|thumb|The Blinding right|This red-chalk drawing by Rembrandt is closely based on an early print after Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural of Samsonthe Last Supper]]

<br><center>*[[Imagehttps:Rembrandt Nightwatch.jpg]] "Nightwatch"</center><br>'''Petit Gallery'''<gallery>Image:Rembrandt Self Portrait 1630/www.jpg|Self Portrait, 1630gutenberg.Image:Rembrandt Abduction of Europaorg/files/20607/20607-h/20607-h.jpg|Abduction htm The Project Gutenberg EBook of Europa, 1632.Image:Rembrandt Christ In The Storm On The Sea Of Galilee.jpg|Christ In The Storm On The Sea Of Galilee, 1633by Josef Israels.Image:Rembrandt The Polish Rider.jpg|The Polish Rider, 1655. </gallery>]

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