REMBRANDT van Rijn

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REMBRANDT van Rijn

• By Aileen Christensen

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REMBRANDT AT THE EASEL
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REMBRANDT

• WAS BORN IN LEIDEN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1606
• PAINTED 600 PAINTINGS, ETCHED 300 ETCHINGS, AND
  DREW 1400 DRAWINGS
• PAINTED 60 SELF PORTRAITS
• DIED IN OCTOBER OF 1669

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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRUTH IN REMBRANDTS PAINTINGS
GO BEYOND THAT OF ANY OTHER ARTIST WHO HAS EVER
LIVED. --KENNETHCLARK

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SOME OF REMBRANTS FAMOUS PAINTINGS INCLUDE

• THE NIGHT WATCH
• BELSSHAZZARS FEAST
• THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. TULP

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TODAY REMBRANDTS WORKS CAN BE VIEWED IN

• NEW YORK
• THE HAGUE
• AMSTERDAM
• CHICAGO
• ROTTERDAM
• LONDON
• BOSTON
• DRESDEN
• PARIS
• WASHINGTON D.C.
• AND STUTTGART

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REFERENCES

• VAUGHAN, WILLIAM. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARTISTS. NEW
  YORKOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,2000.
• MUHLBERGER, RICHARD.WHAT MAKES A REMBRANDT A
  REMBRANDT. NEW YORKVIKING,1993.
• VENEZIA, MIKE.REMBRANDT.CHICAGO CHILDRENS
  PRESS,1988.

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MORE OF REMBRANDTS SELF PORTRAITS!
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