Émile Michel
Rembrandt
(1606-1669)
Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.
— Rembrandt van Rijn
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Émile Michel
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Émile Michel
Rembrandt
(1606-1669)
Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.
— Rembrandt van Rijn
Contents
Biography
The Beginning of his Career
A Dutch Painter
Success
A Strenuous Twilight
List of Illustrations
Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirty-Four, 1640
Oil on canvas, 102 x 80 cm. The National Gallery, London.
1606: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15 July in Leyden.
1613-1620: Attended the Latin School in Leyden.
1621: Began an apprenticeship with Leyden-based painter Jacob van Swanenburgh.
1625: Studied for six months under the artist Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam.
Opened his own studio in Leyden and collaborated with his friend Jan Lievens.
Started to produce etchings.
1628: Rembrandt mentored his first pupils in his studio.
1631: Met famous Amsterdam art dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh.
Moved to Amsterdam and became a successful portrait artist.
1632: First group portrait: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.
1634: Married Saskia van Uylenburgh, the niece of successful art dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh, on 22 June.
1635: Rembrandt and Saskia became parents to Rumbartus, who died after two months.
1638: Rembrandt and Saskia became parents to Cornelia, who died after three weeks.
1639: Rembrandt and Saskia purchased and moved into a house for 13,000 guilders on the Breestraat in Amsterdam.
He was commissioned to paint what would be known as The Nightwatch.
1640: Rembrandt and Saskia became parents to Cornelia, their second daughter, who died after one month.
1641: Rembrandt and Saskia became parents to Titus, their only child to live to adulthood.
1642: Completed The Nightwatch.
The death of Saskia, attributed to tuberculosis.
Geertje Dircx became the nursemaid of Titus and later Rembrandt’s mistress.
1647: Hendrickje Stoffels entered Rembrandt’s household as a servant and became his new mistress.
1654: Rembrandt and Hendrickje, now his common-law wife, became parents to a daughter, Cornelia.
1656: The High Court of Holland declared Rembrandt bankrupt.
1656-1658: The house on Breestraat and Rembrandt’s possessions were sold at a series of auctions.
1660: Moved to a small house on the Rozengracht.
Hendrickje and Titus became art dealers.
1663: The death of Hendrickje.
1668: The death of Titus.
1669: Rembrandt died on 4 October. He was buried in the Westerkerk, in an unmarked grave.
