Rembrandt: Master of masters 

I had forgotten just how good Rembrandt was.. Thank you..

My homeschooled children loved this video.

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0:04 His full name was actually Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

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Masterpiece after Masterpiece , have Rembrandt postcards in my collection as well, enjoying every moment uploading them and sharing photos with art lovers 🙏

I think his etchings are 'the' most powerful creations of visual art ever. That and they're only 3"x 3"

Now watch CBS's piece on modern art.

I like to get teal close to a Rembrandt painting and see how he got realism with dabs and globs and smears of paint.

I would not say that Rembrandt was of "humble beginnings". Unless you define "humble" as "not from nobility". In the Dutch culture of the moment, that would be the wrong definition. Rembrandt's father Harmen was a miller and that's not a poor man. The father of his mother Neeltgen (diminutive of Cornelia or feminine of Cornelis) was a relatively wealthy baker. To send their son Rembrandt to a secondary school (called gymnasium - grammar or prep school) would only be possible if first they could afford that, and second they did not need their son's labor for their own income. What is more relevant in his beginnings is the religious split in his parents' marriage: father was with the dominant protestant denomination and his mother Roman catholic. Rembrandt never chose between the two religions and this was tolerated by the fundamentalist moral majority. Rembrandt's wife Saskia was from a family of wool merchants and her in-law uncle was a protestant minister, reverend Johannes Cornelisz. Silvius - AKA "Sylvius" - who mentored Rembrandt and Rembrandt made three portraits of him. As Silvius was a peaceful and moderate man, that fit well with Rembrandt's religiously split brain and there was certainly a level of respect or adoration. This all must be seen as not filthy rich, but far from poor and well connected to the political elite. Based on enc. Britannica: By December 29, 1667, Rembrandt was visited by Prince Cosimo de' Medici, the future grand duke of Tuscany - arguably the most important noble family in Europe at the time. In the prince's travel journal, Rembrandt was referred to as “pittore famoso” (“famous painter”). Today we would call that a rock star.

Rembrandt van Reen??? It is Rembrandt van Rhine ……. That’s how you pronounce it

Mike Wallace lacks everything .....My dog would do better on this subjects