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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1606-1669)

Note: Noted as one of the most popular and influential artists of his period. His work is characterized by the Baroque interest in dramatic scenes and strong contrasts of light on a dark stage. The subjects of his works include portraits, landscapes, figures, animals, an scenes of biblical and secular history and mythology. He was very prolific, producing paintings, etchings, and drawings: Rembrandt executed about 400 paintings, over 1000 drawings, and around 300 etchings.

Names:
Rembrandt van Rijn (preferred,V,display,LC)  ....  "Rijn" refers to a geographic place, the site of the mill owned by his father in Leyden
Rijn, Rembrandt van (V)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (V)
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (V)
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van (V)
Van Rijn, Rembrandt (V)
Rembrandt (V)  ....  from 1632 onwards he signed his works with only the forename "Rembrandt"; in documents, however, he continued to sign "Rembrandt van Rijn"
Rembrandt van Rhyn (V)
Rembrandt van Ryn (V)
Rembrandt van Rhijn (V)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhyn (V)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn (V)
Rembrandt Hermansz van Rijn (V)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (V,LC)  ....  "Harmenszoon" refers to his father's name, "Harmen"
Rembrandt Hermanszoon van Rijn (V)
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn (V)
Van Rhyn Rhembrandt (V)
Rembrandt Van Rhyn (V)
Rembrant van Rhijn (V)
Rembrant van Rijn (V)
Rembrant Van Rin (V)
Rembrand van Rijn (V)
Reimbrant van Rijn (V)
Rambrandt van Rijn (V)
Rembrandt Olandese (V)
Van Ryn, Paul Rembrandt (V)  ....  "Paul" is sometimes mistakenly believed to have been Rembrandt's name, because he painted several pictures of Paul, including a self-portrait as Paul
Rembrandt, Harmensz. Van Rijn (V,index)
Harmensz. Van Rijn Rembrandt (V)
Rembrandt, Rhijn (V)
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van (V)
Van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon (V)
Rhyn (U)
Rāmbirānt (U)
Rembrandt Garmens van Reĭn (U)
Rembrandt van Reĭn (U)
Lun-po-lang (U)
Reimbrandt (U)
רמברנדט (U)
רמברנדט הרמנסזון ואן־ריין (U)
رامبرانت (U)

Nationalities:
Dutch (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
draftsman
printmaker
etcher
painter
teacher

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Leyden (South Holland, Netherlands) (inhabited place)
Died:  Amsterdam (North Holland, Netherlands) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1631-1669  Amsterdam (North Holland, Netherlands) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
child of ....  Zuydtbroeck, Neeltgen Willemsdr van  
..............  (Dutch, mother of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1568-1640) [500354747]
influenced ....  Koninck, Salomon  
....................  (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1609-1656) [500027532]
parent of ....  Rijn, Rumbertus van  
................  (Dutch relative of artist, 1635-1636) [500069934]
patron was ....  Uylenburgh, Hendrick  
..................  (Dutch painter and art dealer, 1584 or 1589-ca. 1660) [500010860]
spouse of ....  Stoffels, Hendrickje  
................  (Dutch wife of artist, 1626-1663) [500070109]
spouse of ....  Uylenburch, Saskia van  
................  (Dutch wife of artist, 1612-1642) [500043384]
student of ....  Lastman, Pieter  
..................  (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1583-1633) [500032894]
teacher of ....  Backer, Jacob Adriaensz.  
..................  (Dutch painter, 1608-1651) [500031967]
teacher of ....  Bol, Ferdinand  
..................  (Dutch history and portrait painter, 1616-1680) [500013764]
teacher of ....  Dou, Gerrit  
..................  (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1613-1675) [500115513]
teacher of ....  Drost, Willem  
..................  (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, ca. 1630-after 1680) [500009474]
teacher of ....  Dullaert, Heyman  
..................  (Dutch painter and poet, 1636-1684) [500021474]
teacher of ....  Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den  1635-1640
..................  (Dutch painter and engraver, 1621-1674) [500026211]
teacher of ....  Fabritius, Carel  
..................  (Dutch painter, 1622-1654) [500115445]
teacher of ....  Flinck, Govaert  
..................  (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1615-1660) [500026249]
teacher of ....  Gelder, Aert de  
..................  (Dutch painter, 1645-1727) [500115629]
teacher of ....  Hoogstraten, Samuel van  
..................  (Dutch painter, printmaker, and poet, 1627-1678) [500001812]
teacher of ....  Joudreville, Isaac de  
..................  (Dutch painter, 1613-1648) [500017627]
teacher of ....  Keil, Bernhard  1642-1644, in Amsterdam
..................  (Danish painter, 1624-1687, active in Italy) [500015723]
teacher of ....  Koninck, Philips de  
..................  (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1619-1688) [500000351]
teacher of ....  Maes, Nicolaes  between 1648 or 1650 and 1653 in Amsterdam
..................  (Dutch painter, 1634-1693) [500015747]
teacher of ....  Mayr, Johann Ulrich  
..................  (German painter and etcher, 1630-1704) [500004624]
teacher of ....  Paudiss, Christopher  
..................  (German painter, ca. 1630-1666) [500018584]
teacher of ....  Renesse, Constantijn van  in 1645
..................  (Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher, 1626-1680) [500029158]
teacher of ....  Santvoort, Dirck Dircksz.  
..................  (Dutch painter, born 1610 or 1611, died 1680) [500029521]
teacher of ....  Uylenburgh, Gerrit  ca. 1640
..................  (Dutch painter and dealer, ca. 1626-1690) [500030877]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Rembrandt van Rijn (I)

Biographies:
(Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1606-1669) ..... [VP Preferred]
(artist, 1606-1669) ..... [GRL]
(Dutch painter, 1606-1669) ..... [Grove Art]
(Dutch artist, 1606-1669) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Dutch, 1606-1669) ..... [JPGM]
(Dutch artist, 1606-1669) ..... [AVERY]
(Dutch artist, 1606-1669) ..... [WCP]
(Dutch painter, 1606-1669) ..... [PROV]
(Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669) ..... [BHA]
(Dutch artist, 1606-1669) ..... [WCI]
(Dutch painter and printmaker, 1606-1669) ..... [GRLPSC]

Sources and Contributors:
Harmensz. Van Rijn Rembrandt ........ [VP, WL-Courtauld]
........................................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Lun-po-lang ........ [GRL]
.........................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rāmbirānt ........ [GRL]
.....................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rambrandt van Rijn ........ [PROV, VP]
....................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Reimbrandt ........ [GRL]
.......................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Reimbrant van Rijn ........ [PROV, VP]
....................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrandt ........ [AVERY, GRL, GRLPSC Preferred, PROV, VP]
.....................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976) 8/675
.....................  Janson, History of Art, 3rd edition (1986)
.....................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
.....................  Orth, French Manuscript Illumination (1976)
Rembrandt Garmens van Reĭn ........ [GRL]
...................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ........ [AVERY Preferred, GRL Preferred, PROV]
...........................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...........................................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
...........................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn ........ [BHA Preferred, WCP Preferred]
.........................................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
.........................................................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhyn ........ [VP]
.......................................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 07/18/2002.
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn ........ [WCI Preferred]
......................................................  Witt Computer Index database
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn ........ [GRL, PROV, VP]
.....................................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
.....................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
.....................................................  Muller, Dutch Art (1997) 320
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn ........ [Grove Art, VP]
.......................................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
.......................................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 07/18/2002.
Rembrandt, Harmensz. Van Rijn ........ [WL-Courtauld Preferred]
..........................................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Rembrandt Hermanszoon van Rijn ........ [PROV]
...........................................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrandt Hermansz van Rijn ........ [PROV]
.....................................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrandt Olandese ........ [PROV]
......................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrandt, Rhijn ........ [WL-Courtauld]
..................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Rembrandt van Reĭn ........ [GRL]
....................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rembrandt van Rhijn ........ [VP]
......................................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
Rembrandt Van Rhyn ........ [PROV]
.....................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrandt van Rhyn ........ [VP]
....................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 September 2002
Rembrandt van Rijn ........ [GRL, GRLPSC, Grove Art Preferred, JPGM Preferred, PROV, VP Preferred]
....................................  Gardner's Art Through the Ages (1996)
....................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 September 2002
....................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, European Drawings (1988)
....................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rembrandt van Ryn ........ [PROV, VP]
..................................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976) 8/675
..................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrand van Rijn ........ [PROV, VP]
..................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrant van Rhijn ........ [PROV]
....................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrant van Rijn ........ [PROV]
..................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rembrant Van Rin ........ [PROV]
.................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Rhyn ........ [Grove Art]
...........  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van ........ [AVERY, GRL]
.............................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.............................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van ........ [GRLPSC, VP]
.........................................................  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
.........................................................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
Rijn, Rembrandt van ........ [PROV, VP]
......................................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976)
......................................  Gardner's Art Through the Ages (1996)
......................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
......................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 07/18/2002.
......................................  Janson, History of Art, 3rd edition (1986)
......................................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
Van Rhyn Rhembrandt ........ [PROV]
.......................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
Van Rijn, Rembrandt ........ [VP]
.......................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon ........ [AVERY, GRL]
..............................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..............................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
Van Ryn, Paul Rembrandt ........ [PROV, VP]
..............................................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
רמברנדט ........ [GRL]
................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
רמברנדט הרמנסזון ואן־ריין ........ [GRL]
................................................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935
رامبرانت ........ [GRL]
..................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79142935

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, GRL, GRLPSC, Grove Art, JPGM, PROV, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976) 8/675
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Gardner's Art Through the Ages (1996)
....................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
....................  Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 30 May 2002; Accessed 07/18/2002.; accessed 24 September 2002
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, European Drawings (1988)
....................  Janson, History of Art, 3rd edition (1986)
....................  LCR
....................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................  Metropolitan Museum, Library Catalog (1980)
....................  Muller, Dutch Art (1997) 320
....................  Orth, French Manuscript Illumination (1976)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Kunstler (1980-1986)
....................  Witt Computer Index database
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
....................  Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon (1974)
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 18 July 2002
.......... LCR
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