Showing posts with label Rembrandt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rembrandt. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Great people: Rembrandt.

 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch artist. Also, he was interested in printmaking and drawing. He was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, Netherlands.

The artist influenced Baroque and Dutch Golden Age. His works were very important for these periods. 

Rembrandt created created many famous paintings. The Abduction of Europa (1632), The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632), DanaĆ« (1636-1650), self-partraits, The Night Watch (1642), Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654), Hundred Guilder Print (1647-1649).

Rembrandt was married on Saskia van Uylenburgh since 1634 to 1642. They had children. 

The painter died on October 4, 1669, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.





Thursday, April 1, 2021

Famous people and their quotes. Part fifty eight.

                                                            Rembrandt.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/selfportrait-by-rembrandt-van-rijn-1628-411417151


“Painting is the grandchild of Nature.”

“Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.”

“Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.”

Sources of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/66202.Rembrandt_van_Rijn and

https://www.azquotes.com/author/20891-Rembrandt