Dutch1606–1669
Rembrandt van Rijn
A Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman, generally considered one of the greatest artists in Western art. He never went abroad, yet worked across portraits, landscapes and biblical and historical scenes; about three hundred paintings and three hundred etchings survive.
A life in paintings
- 1606Born
- 1641Taught Carel FabritiusAmsterdam
Fabritius trained in Rembrandt's Amsterdam studio in the early 1640s, alongside his brother Barent. He became the only one of Rembrandt's pupils to develop a style entirely his own, setting lit figures against light backgrounds where Rembrandt used dark ones.
Source: Britannica - 1642
- 1654The Delft Thunderclap
On 12 October a gunpowder store in the middle of Delft explodes, destroying much of the city.
- 1669Died
Where to see them
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
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