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[[File:Rembrandt SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH MERCHANTS' GUILD.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Rembrandt, The Syndics of the Clothmakers' Guild (The Staalmeesters), 1662.]]

[[File:Rembrandt SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH MERCHANTS' GUILD.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Rembrandt, The Syndics of the Clothmakers' Guild (The Staalmeesters), 1662.]]

[[File:Rembrandt, Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap, 1642.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rembrandt]], Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap, 1642.]]

[[File:Rembrandt, Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap, 1642.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rembrandt]], Self-Portrait in a Flat Cap, 1642.]]

[[File:In the Garden by Konstantin Makovsky, ca. 1870.jpg|thumb|In the Garden by Konstantin Makovsky, ca. 1870.]]

[[File:Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Clafllin by William Morris Hunt, 1875.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Clafllin by [[William Morris Hunt]], 1875.]]

The National Portrait Gallery in  London was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women; the Gallery collections include over 195,000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day. [http://www.npg.org.uk/] The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1962; It is the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to portraiture. It houses around 21,000 works of art included works by artistic giants of the [[Painting of the Dutch Century|Dutch Century]], as an iconic self-portrait by [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], the quiet light-infused interiors by [[Jan Vermeer]], striking portraits by [[Frans Hals]], Judith Leyster, and Thomas de Keyser. The Education Department uses history and the arts as a vehicle to introduce visitors to significant Americans in the Portrait Gallery's collection. [http://npg.si.edu/inform/overview.html]

The National Portrait Gallery in  London was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women; the Gallery collections include over 195,000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day. [http://www.npg.org.uk/] The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1962; It is the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to portraiture. It houses around 21,000 works of art included works by artistic giants of the [[Painting of the Dutch Century|Dutch Century]], as an iconic self-portrait by [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], the quiet light-infused interiors by [[Jan Vermeer]], striking portraits by [[Frans Hals]], Judith Leyster, and Thomas de Keyser. The Education Department uses history and the arts as a vehicle to introduce visitors to significant Americans in the Portrait Gallery's collection. [http://npg.si.edu/inform/overview.html]