October 29, 2026

"This is portrayed after my wife when she was 21 years old, the third day after we were betrothed, on the 8th of June 1633"

RembrandtRembrandt
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1606 – 1669
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About Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, mononymously known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art. It is estimated that Rembrandt's surviving works amount to about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and several hundred drawings.

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