Rembrandt van Rijn on the WWW

Rembrandt (1606-1669), 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. 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. Perhaps no painter has ever equaled Rembrandt's chiaroscuro effects or his bold impasto. Despite Rembrandt's financial success as an artist, teacher, and art dealer, his penchant for ostentatious living forced him to declare bankruptcy in 1656. These problems in no way affected Rembrandt's work; if anything, his artistry increased. His personal life, however, continued to be marred by sorrow, for his beloved Hendrickje died in 1663, and his son, Titus, in 1668. Eleven months later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam.

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Rembrandt These pages are a product of the Rembrandt project aiming at putting together a comprehensive catalog of Rembrandt's paintings. A series of texts explains his particular painting techniques with many details from famous images. And a great number of quicktime videos with explanations and interpretations (of the "Night Watchman" for example) can be downloaded. But caution! The smallest video has 5.2 MB, the biggest nearly 10 MB!

Museum het Rembrandthuis The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam here presents an overview of Rembrandt's works, with some images (approximately 12) in several sections: self-portraits, his wife Saskia, biblical themes, daily life, the River Amstel, landscapes. Furthermore there tourist informations for Amsterdam visitors who want to visit the museum. And don't miss the special exhibition Rembrandthuis: Patriarchs, angels and prophets, (it's not yet mentioned or linked on the homepage), presenting eighteen prints on Old Testament themes and an introductory text .

Mark Harden's Museum of Art: Rembrandt Mark Harden's online museum presents seven oil paintings by Rembrandt, there is no background information

WebMuseum: Rembrandt The Web-Museum once again is an excelllent site to get known to the biography and art-historical background of Rembrandt. Furthermore there are almost 40 paintings offered - including the famous "Night Watch" and "The Slaughtered Ox". Here are all mirror sites of the WebMuseum.

CJFA- Rembrandt Carol Jackson's art archive presents 16 images, and there is detailed biographical and art-historical information as well (an essay from Microsoft Encarta)

Pegasonet: Rembrandt An Italian site, with images and background information, unfortunately it's not organized very well. There is no starting page with an index, but a list of html-files and jpg-images instead. Among them you'll find a page The Found Rembrandt: Comparisons, with a comparison of 4 different small-sized images of Saskia, and 3 Christ-paintings

Paintings by Rembrandt, images from: The Web-Museum

The discovered Rembrandt Here you'll find detailed information on a masterpiece of Rembrandt, which was unknown until today, dated 1647, five years after the death of the wife Saskia. In this painting Rembrandt painted himself (in monks robes), his wife Saskia and his mother.

Rembrandt This site presents 7 small-sized images by Rembrandt, no texts

Rembrandt prints A site with eight prints by Rembrandt

Titus Fine Art-Rembrandt A site with three images and a very short article

Rembrandt Prints A commercial site offering three reproductions

SILS Art Image Browser: Rembrandt The search engine will bring 11 images by Rembrandt

Rembrandt at the FAMSF The search engine of the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco will bring you more than 150 images by Rembrandt

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