Portret van een man, misschien Rembrandts vader, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn
Rembrandt van Rijn
1730 - 1774
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
14.5; 3.5; 18.3
About this artwork
Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...