Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt. Hendrickje Bathing in a River, 1654.
Rembrandt. Danaë, 1636.
Rembrandt. Batsheba with King David's Letter, 1654
Rembrandt. Susanna at Her Bath, 1636.
Rembrandt. The Angel Stopping Abraham from Sacrificing Isaac to God, 1635.
Rembrandt. Self-portrait as Democritus, ca. 1668.
Rembrandt. Self-portrait, ca. 1657

Rembrandt. Self-portrait. Detail.

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), Dutch painter and etcher, excellent at depicting and painting moods and dramatic guises, also known for self-portraits.

He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography. The most notable collections of Rembrandt's work are at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.