Facts about Rembrandt
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Rembrandt's 1650 portrait of his son Titus wearing a gold chain and feathered beret demonstrates the artist's intimate domestic life and serves as one of his most celebrated paintings of family members.
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Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum, opened in 1911, preserves the 1606 building where the artist lived and worked for nearly 20 years, containing original etchings, prints, and period furnishings from his studio.
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Rembrandt's 1668 painting The Return of the Prodigal Son, housed in the Hermitage, measures 262 by 206 centimeters and is considered one of his most spiritually profound works despite being created near the end of his life.
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Rembrandt's painting Bathsheba at Her Bath from 1654 features his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels as the model, with pentimenti visible in X-ray analysis showing he repositioned her arm during composition.
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Rembrandt's painting Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, completed in 1653, sold at Christie's in 1985 for $10.2 million, setting a world record auction price for a single artwork at that time.
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Over 2,000 paintings and drawings by Rembrandt survive today, yet scholars estimate he produced roughly 5,000 artworks during his 63-year career in Amsterdam and The Hague.
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At age 53 in 1659, Rembrandt painted his final self-portrait, a deeply introspective work now housed in the National Gallery of London that captures his weathered features during his financially troubled final decade.
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In 1656, Rembrandt declared bankruptcy in Amsterdam, forcing him to sell his house and most of his art collection to pay creditors despite his established reputation.
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The Night Watch, painted by Rembrandt in 1642, originally measured 363 by 437 centimeters but was trimmed on all sides during a 1715 relocation, removing approximately 2 meters of canvas.
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His 1606 self-portrait in the Uffizi Gallery shows Rembrandt at age 24, marking one of over 80 self-portraits he painted throughout his lifetime.
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Between 1634 and 1669, Rembrandt created approximately 290 etchings, making printmaking central to his artistic output and financial success in Amsterdam.