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​Rembrandt Self Portraits:



History: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn lived from July 15, 1606 to October 4, 1669. He was the most important artist working in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. He studied under Peter Lastman while Hendrik van Uylenburch worked as his art dealer. He married Saskia who died in 1642 and followed her by his new wife Hendrickje. None of Rembrandt’s children from either wife outlived him. He enjoyed both painting and printmaking. Rembrandt drew inspiration mostly from Raphael, Titian, and Caravaggio. His style is commonly identified with heavy brush strokes, thick paint with scraping, and strong use of lights and darks. Although Rembrandt had many paying students working in his house, he often had trouble managing money because of he wasted all he earned on paintings to decorate his house and props he used in his own projects.

Powerpoint:  (sorry too large to upload onto wikispace) Slide 2: __Self portrait, open-mouthed__ c.1629 Slide 3: __Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem__ c.1630 Slide 4: __A Study of a Female Nude Seen from the Back__ c.1630 Slide 5: __Rembrandt’s Mother as the Profetess Hannah__ c.1631 Slide 6: __The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple__ c. 1631 Slide 7: __Philosopher in Meditation__ c.1632 Slide 8: __Landscape with a Castle__ c.1632 Slide 9: __The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp__ c.1632 Slide 10: __A Bust of a Young Woman Smiling__ (Saskia) c.1633 Slide 11: __Christ in the Storm__ c.1633 Slide 14: __The Prodigal Son in the Tavern__ (Rembrandt and Saskia) c. 1635 Slide 15: __The Blinding of Samson__ c.1636 Slide 16: __Danea__ c.1636 Slide 17: __Susanna and the Elders__ c.1636 Slide 18: __Two Studies of a Bird of Paradise__ c.1637 Slide 19: __An Elephant, in the Background a Group of Spectators__ c.1637 Slide 20: __The Archangel Leaving the Family of Tobias__ c.1637 Slide 21: __Rembrandt’s Mill__ c.1641 Slide 22: __Cottages before a Stormy Sky__ c.1641 Slide 25: __David and Jonathan__ c.1642 Slide 26: __Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window__ c.1648 Slide 29: __The Shell of Damier__ c.1650 Slide 30: __Man in a Gold Hat__ c.1650 Slide 31: __The Three Trees__ c.1650 Slide 32: __Young Girl with a Broom__ c.1651 Slide 33: __Lion Resting, Turned to the Left__ c.1650 Slide 34: __Doctor Faust__ c.1652 Slide 37: __A Woman Bathing__ c.1654 Slide 38: __A Man in Armour__ c.1655 Slide 39: __A Woman Sleeping__ c.1655 Slide 40: __Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph__ c.1656 Slide 41: __Carcass of Beef__ c.1657 Slide 42: __Moses__ c.1659 Slide 44: __Matthew and the Angel__ c.1661 Slide 45: __The Woman with an Arrow__ c.1661 Slide 49: __Portrait of a Boy__ c.1665 Slide 50: __Return of the Prodigal Son__ c.1666
 * SLIDE 12: __Portrait of Saskia Dressed as Flora__ c.1634 **
 * Slide 13: __The Feast of Belshazzar: The Writing on the Wall__ (Balshazzar’s Feast)c .1635 **
 * SLIDE 23: __Portrait of Cornelis Claesz. Anslo and His Wife__ c.1641 **
 * Slide 24: __The Night Watch__ (The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenhurch) c.1642 **
 * Slide 27: __The Mill__ c.1648 or c.1645 **
 * SLIDE 28: __Supper at Emmaus__ c. 1648 **
 * Slide 35: __Aristotle with a Bust of Homer__ c.1653 **
 * SLIDE 36: __Jan Six__ c.1654 **
 * SLIDE 43: __The Denial of Saint Peter__ c.1660 **
 * Slide 46: __The Syndics (of the Clothmakers’ Guild)__ (The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Draper’s Guild) c.1663 **
 * Slide 47: __Bathsheba__ c.1664 **
 * Slide 48: __The Jewish Bride__ c. 1665 **

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