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[[Image:Rembrandt Self Portrait.jpg|left|Self Portrait]]
[[Image:Rembrandt Self Portrait.jpg|left|Self Portrait]]
'''Rembrandt''' (full name ''Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn'') (Leiden 1606 - Amsterdam 1669), was the most acclaimed painter in the [[Netherlands]]—the greatest of the "Dutch Masters." He considered himself a religious painter, but he is most famous for his [[portraits]]. Rembrandt produced about 600 paintings including his 50-60 self portraits, he made 300 etchings, and an estimated number of about 1,400 drawings. Most of his drawings look unfinished, but he stated a drawing is finished when the artist has fulfilled his intentions.
'''Rembrandt''' (full name ''Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn'') (Leiden 1606 - Amsterdam 1669), was the most acclaimed painter in the [[Netherlands]]—the greatest of the "Dutch Masters." He considered himself a religious painter, but he is most famous for his [[portraits]]. Rembrandt produced about 600 paintings including his 50-60 self portraits, he made 300 etchings, and an estimated number of about 1,400 drawings. Most of his drawings look unfinished, but he stated a drawing is finished when the artist has fulfilled his intentions. Some his most famous paintings are: Jewish Bride (1632), Nightwatch (1642), The Syndics of The Cloth Guild (1661), Bathsheba (1654), Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1656), and a Self Portrait (1669).
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[[Image:Rembrandt The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|thumb|right|This red-chalk drawing by Rembrandt is closely based on an early print after Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural of the Last Supper]]
[[Image:Rembrandt The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|thumb|right|This red-chalk drawing by Rembrandt is closely based on an early print after Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural of the Last Supper]]
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/1640/night-watch/rembrandt.night-watch.jpg The Night Watch], Rembrandt's most famous painting
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/1640/night-watch/rembrandt.night-watch.jpg The Night Watch], Rembrandt's most famous painting
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/1640/emmaus.jpg Supper at Emmaus], one of his religious paintings.
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/1640/emmaus.jpg Supper at Emmaus], one of his religious paintings.
*[http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215473/van_rijn.htm Rembrandt]
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