Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
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He painted himself roughly forty times across four decades — an unsparing serial self-interrogation no artist before him attempted at that scale. The Dutch Golden Age's most uncompromising visual storyteller, whose biblical scenes and portraits stripped away decorum to reveal something rawer underneath.
Born in Leiden in 1606, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn never left the Netherlands but absorbed the Italian Old Masters from a distance, filtering their influence through a restless Dutch eye. Early success as a portrait painter gave way to a late career marked by personal tragedy and financial ruin — yet his etchings and paintings stayed popular, his reputation held, and for twenty years he taught a generation of Dutch painters. He left behind roughly three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and several hundred drawings spanning portraits, landscapes, biblical scenes, mythological subj…
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[..that he] would not touch the painting, nor finish it unless the claimant pays him the balance due or guarantees it by giving a security.
..in order to etch, take white turpentine oil, and add half the turpentine to it; pour the mixture into a small glass bottle and let it boil in pure [?] water for half an hour.
version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Rembrandt, in Nederlands): Van d'waech af te sien statshuis van Amsterldam / doen 't afgebrandt was. / Den 9 july 1652.
For some variation it would be betterto place the donkey seen from behind[to avoid] all faces looking out of the picture [forward]And the tree could also have more foliage.1.
Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about.
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