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Rembrandt the artist

July 6 , 2009

The Works of Rembrandt , Holland 's Most Famous Painter of His Time

Introduction

Rembrandt van Rijn is one among the most talented artists of his time It can be said that he is the most famous Holland painter of his era which is known as the Dutch Golden Age where there was a proliferation in arts and commerce in Holland . Born in 1606 to a father who milled malt , he was the second to the youngest among nine children . Since he was not considered to succeed the family business

, he was sent to school so that he can find a job to support himself when he came of age (Rembrandt , para .2

At fifteen his talents for drawing became obvious and his family sent him to study drawing with a local artist in Leiden named Jacob van Swanenburgh . He spent three years learning what he can from this artist before being an apprentice to another master painter , Pieter Lastman before opening up his own shop in Leiden . During his student years , he painted mostly religious themes and Greek myths that was a favorite subject of most art patrons at that time . After his apprenticeship years , he commissioned work as an engraver and one of the most favored ones were his engravings of the Dutch countryside (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Rembrandt the Artist

Rembrandt painted his subjects exactly as how they looked . If a subject had wrinkles on his face , one would see the fine details of this...

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