Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Early Days:

   Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. He was the ninth child born to Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn and Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuytbrouck. His family was quite well-to-do; his father was a miller and his mother was a baker's daughter. As a boy he attended Latin school and was enrolled at the University of Leiden, although according to a contemporary he had a greater inclination towards painting; he was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter, Jacob van Swanenburgh, with whom he spent three years. After a brief but important apprenticeship of six months with the famous painter Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt opened a studio in Leiden in 1624 or 1625, which he shared with friend and colleague Jan Lievens. In 1627, Rembrandt began to accept students, among them Gerrit Dou.

Personal Details Name Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn Place of Birth Leiden, Netherlands Date of Birth July 15, 1606 Date of Death October 4, 1669 (aged 63) Field Painting, Printmaking Nationality Dutch Movement Dutch Golden Age painting Works Danae 1636, Jacob de Gheyn III, 1632 Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632 Belshazzar's Feast, 1635 Night Watch, 1642

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