Pour définir ces oeuvres, ils disaient: «Portrait de Rembrandt par lui-même.»  Artist: Rembrandt (1606-1669) made the portrait philosophical. Rembrandt s’est représenté à tous les âges de la vie, entre 1627 (à 21 ans) et 1669 (juste avant sa mort). But there is no sign that his powers are failing him, in his appearance, his technique or his signature. Rembrandt died in 1669 and was buried in an unknown grave in the Westerkerk, Amsterdam. X-ray images show that Rembrandt did, at first, depict himself as an artist at work – hands open, holding what seems to be a brush. Votre aide est la bienvenue ! Not on display Rembrandt's style of painting had lost nothing in quality. Pilate, here shown wearing a turban and rising to his feet, is pres... She lifts her shift and looks down with a little smile of pleasure at the cool water rippling against her sturdy legs.Although it’s not certain, this woman may be Hendrickje Stoffe... Rather it is a study of a character type, dressed in an exotic costume intended to evoke an earlier era.Portraying figures in imaginary historical... The man in the gold cloak, enormous turban and tiny crown is Belshazzar, King of Babylon. Une chose est sûre, les contemporains du maître de Leyde ne se posaient pas la question. Doué d'un sens de l'autopromotion avant la lettre, l'artiste, qui connut rapidement le succès, savait que ses autoportraits étaient recherchés par les amateurs et les riches collectionneurs. This is one of the largest paintings ever made by Rembrandt, and one of only two life-size equestrian portraits of ordinary citizens in the history of Dutch art. Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for nearly 60 years. Help keep us free by making a donation today. The source of the light is hidden, so it seems to radiate directly from the sleeping child, illuminating the faces of all around him.The scene represents the...

About 80 self portraits – including sketches, etchings and paintings – survive from his 40-year career, far more than any other painter of his time. A croire que sa technique s'affine à mesure que s'incrustent les rides. Face à lui-même. Rembrandt (autoportrait) (1606-1669) peintre , trimbre de 1957 . Not on display Comme s'il n'avait plus de message à transmettre, Rembrandt se peint, dans son dernier autoportrait de 1669, conservé à La Haye, le regard clair et droit.

A woman weeps on the steps of a shadowy temple, while members of the Jewish ruling council gather round. The light falls onto an old man. Indeed, it seems as though he has turned a spotlight on his features. Ainsi, dans sa plus ancienne peinture connue (1625), le découvre-t-on au milieu des spectateurs de La Lapidation de saint Etienne. And what was he thinking as he looked in the mirror?Some self portraits, especially the earlier ones, were made to practise depicting different expressions and poses, or to experiment with lighting effects. Afraid of Christ’s popular preaching, they planned to trick him into transgressing the Jewish law. Not on display His death on 4 October 1669 must have been sudden. Much of the image’s power lies not just in the dramatic tension between light and dark, but in the way the artist h... Cruelles, les dernières représentations montrent un personnage usé, un vieux peintre solitaire, au regard inquiet, aux joues gonflées et au double menton, surpris en bonnet de travail devant son chevalet. Les artistes de son époque l'ont rarement fait à plus de deux ou trois reprises. So it seems as though Rembrandt was not only studying how time was ageing his own skin, he was perfecting how he might depict theirs. Dans une série d'eaux-fortes, qui semblent des instantanés, il grave son regard courroucé ou ses yeux écarquillés, son sourcil froncé ou sa mine réjouie.