Rembrandt Van Rijn is a Dutch painter famous for his self portraits, impasto technique and his use of Chiaroscurro - the dramatic use of light and dark.
The following painting is enormous, it measures 363 x 437 cm The Night Watch done in 1642. The picture is a militia painting: a group portrait of a division of the civic guard. Rembrandt depicted the group of militiamen in an original way. He did not paint them in neat row or sitting at their annual banquet, rather, he recorded a moment: a group of militiamen have just moved into action and are about to march off.
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The Night Watch (Rembrandt) by seamlesswhole
He was also famous for his use of printmaking, particularly etching: |
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait in Fur Hat |
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Ecce Homo by Rembrandt (1636) by DUCKMARX |
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