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Rembrandt, one of the giants of Western art, was a versatile master of etching and drawing, as well as painting, whose work was atypical to that of his Dutch contemporaries in the 17th century. ...
Born as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn in the Dutch town of Leiden on July 15, 1606, Rembrandt grew up in a large household of nine children. ... Of four sons, Rembrandt showed the most promise, and he alone was sent to the Latin school, which emphasized religious studies as well as classics, in preparation for a learned profession. ...
From 1619 to 1622, young Rembrandt served an apprenticeship with the undistinguished local artist Jacob van Swanenburg, learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. ...
Returning home in 1625, Rembrandt set up shop as a 19-year-old independent master. ... Dutch seafarers brought all manner of exotica back from their travels, and Rembrandt began to collect bizarre or picturesque items and bits of costumes for use in his studio. ... By the end of the 1620s, Rembrandt had attracted the attention of Constantijn Huygens, the secretary to the Prince of Orange and a leading arbiter of Dutch taste. ...
Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam in 1631 and at 25, he was already regarded as an artist of some stature. ... Tulp, a group portrait that Rembrandt composed and executed masterfully in 1632, met with great success, and commissions flowed to him freely throughout the decade. ... The so-called Dutch Caravaggisti introduced the device of hidden lighting into compositions, and Rembrandt adopted this trick in such works as his 1628 Supper at Emmaus. As his style grew into maturity, however, Rembrandt began to weave together light and shadow, modulating them to achieve an effect of space and depth that was lacking in earlier work. ... Taking on a subject that had been brilliantly handled by Rubens, Rembrandt executed the Raising of the Cross and Descent from the Cross for the Prince of Orange in 1633. ... Rembrandt reached the limits of his own baroque expression with the gruesome Blinding of Samson (1636), which was painted as a gift to indulge the personal tastes of Huygens.
Approximate Word count = 1692
Approximate Pages = 6.8
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