Rembrandt van Rijn
15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669
Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher, master of light and shadow, whose portraits and biblical scenes made him one of the greatest artists in European history.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Rembrandt van Rijn.
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) Overlapped 63 years →
- Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) Overlapped 63 years →
- Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) Overlapped 63 years →
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) Overlapped 63 years →
- John Milton (1608–1674) Overlapped 61 years →
- Shah Jahan (1592–1666) Overlapped 60 years →
Life events
Birth
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Moved to Amsterdam to work as a portrait painter
1631
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Completed The Night Watch
1642
The monumental militia group portrait is his most famous work.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Declared insolvent after years of financial trouble
1656
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Death
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