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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. Some of 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).
'''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 of 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).
Rembrandt's paintings are known for their depiction of light and shadow. The increasing number of portraits by Rembrandt and others demonstrated the new emphasis on [[individualism]] in the Renaissance.
Rembrandt's paintings are known for their depiction of light and shadow. The increasing number of portraits by Rembrandt and others demonstrated the new emphasis on [[individualism]] in the Renaissance.
[[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]]
''Of all the Baroque masters, it was Rembrandt who evolved the most revolutionary technique and who seemed to grow into the Italians' spiritual heir.''<ref> [http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rembrandt.html Rembrandt] The ARTCHIVE. </ref>
''Of all the Baroque masters, it was Rembrandt who evolved the most revolutionary technique and who seemed to grow into the Italians' spiritual heir.''<ref> [http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/rembrandt.html Rembrandt] The ARTCHIVE. </ref>
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