Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, History of his Life

1606-1669

Father: miller by the name of Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn

Mother: Neeltgen van RijnHomeland: Leiden, Holland

Saskia van Uylenburgh: the Wife of the Artist

•1620 : Studied

under Jacob

Isaacsz van

Swanenburgh

(3yrs)

•1624: Pieter

Lastman (famous

history painter of

day)

A Polish Nobleman

A Woman Bathing

Hendrickje?

Wife and three out of four of his sons die in the same year.

Hendrickje dies 1656 Bankrupt1660 Estate confiscatedOctober 4, 1669 dies and is buried in a

“rented” grave.

Following Rembrandt, many artists began adopting his style of painting from life.