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Everyone who has studied art is surely familiar with a work of the famous Dutch artist of the seventeenth century, Rembrandt. They may not be quite as familiar with the eighteenth century English master of portraiture Thomas Gainsborough, however. ...
Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was born to a poor miller and his wife in July 15, 1606 in the town of Leiden. A brother to six siblings whom all adopted trades of their own, Rembrandt was chosen by his father at a young age to become someone of a learned profession, and he was sent to a local Latin school. ... (Benesch 8)
Less than a year later, Rembrandt left the university to enter a local painter’s workshop. ... After leaving Swanenburch, he moved to Amsterdam where he studied for six months under both Pieter Lastman, and Jacob Pynas, shaping the art we know as Rembrandt’s
(Benesch 9). ... (Rembrandt 39505)
In 1625, upon returning to Leiden, Rembrandt and another student began a studio, and although very young, began instructing pupils (Benesch 9). Around this time he began to develop his own personal style with oil paint, layering it several ways, showing its diversity (Rembrandt 39505). In Rembrandt’s time, the people of Holland had just recently received official recognition of the United Provinces. ... Dutch painting, as one very soon perceives was but the portrait of Holland, its external image, faithful, exact, complete, life-like, without any adornment… It was now a matter of becoming humble when dealing with things humble, small things for small, subtle for subtle…" (Fromentin 96-99)
Rembrandt’s works delighted the Dutch, with his ability to represent their ideals, and he soon became well sought for his abilities in portraiture.
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