caption movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality name field birth_date works image article_title birth_name bgcolour
'' 1659 -rrb- , national gallery of art , washington , self-portrait & nbsp ;d . c. with beret and turned-up collar '' -lrb- dutch golden age baroque 4 october 1669 amsterdam , dutch republic -lrb- now netherlands -rrb- leiden now netherlands -rrb- , dutch republic under the spanish empire -lrb- dutch rembrandt van rijn painting , printmaking 15 july 1606 '' , 1632 '' belshazzar 's feast '' , 1635 '' the the night watch '' , 1642 '' bathsheba at her anatomy bath '' , 1654 '' syndics of the drapers ' lesson guild '' , 1662 of dr. nicolaes tulp '' rembrandt van rijn - self-portrait - google art project.jpg rembrandt
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rembrandt

rembrandt harmenszoon van rijn -lrb- ; ; 15 july 1606 -- 4 october 1669 -rrb- was a dutch painter and etcher .
he is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in european art and the most important in dutch history .
his contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the dutch golden age when dutch golden age painting , although in many ways antithetical to the baroque style that dominated europe , was extremely prolific and innovative , and gave rise to important new genres in painting .
having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter , rembrandt 's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships .
yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime , his reputation as an artist remained high , and for twenty years he taught many important dutch painters .
rembrandt 's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries , self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the bible .
his self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography , in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity .
in his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical iconography , which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience ; thus , the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by rembrandt 's knowledge of the specific text , his assimilation of classical composition , and his observations of amsterdam 's jewish population .
because of his empathy for the human condition , he has been called `` one of the great prophets of civilization . ''
