Rembrandt

The fifteenth of July in the year 1606 ,Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden, Netherlands. He was an incredibly talented painter and etcher who became quite well known in what is called the Dutch Golden Age. Rembrandt is famous for his very sincere and realistic portraits of himself and others as well as religious paintings. Religion was something near and dear to Rembrandt’s heart and it played a role in many of his pieces.

Although an extreme amount of paintings came out of the seventeenth centuries, //The Night Watch// by Rembrandt manages to stand out among them. The painting is a group portrait of a militia company that Rembrandt was hired to create for them. In return he received a large sum of money which brought him a decent amount of wealth for the time being. Even though Rembrandt was a very successful and respected artist, he had great money troubles. As many know the life of an artist is not the easiest on the financial side of things, in 1656 Rembrandt, one of the most famous artists ever, was forced to file for bankruptcy.

Rembrandt is one of the men who had a large impact on bringing the Dutch Golden Age to the Netherlands and he effected many people there because of it. People saw him as a very sincere person because when he painted himself he would never hide his flaws which inspired thousands. Rembrandt will always be remembered as a humble man cherished his religion and created beautiful masterpieces.