# Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 1606–1669; born in Leiden; died in Amsterdam

Rembrandt trained in Leiden and Amsterdam, settled in Amsterdam in the early 1630s and became the city’s most sought-after portraitist. His later work grows rougher and more searching, with thick paint, deep shadow and faces that seem lost in thought, as in Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, painted for a Sicilian collector. He was also the leading etcher of his age, reworking plates through many states and making the medium as expressive as painting.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

14 works in the collection.

- [Aristotle with a Bust of Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/aristotle-with-a-bust-of-homer-met-437394), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Young Man with a Chain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-man-with-a-chain-cma-122348), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-met-437397), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-gerard-de-lairesse-met-459082), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1665–67. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Mill](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-mill-nga-1201), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645/1648. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Saint Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-jerome-reading-in-an-italian-landscape-aic-43244), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1653. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Seated Female Nude](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seated-female-nude-aic-90536), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660/62. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-crucified-between-the-two-thieves-the-three-crosses-cma-135706), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653-c.1660. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-meeting-of-christ-with-martha-and-mary-after-the-death-o-cma-137153), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1662–65. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Reclining Female Nude](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/reclining-female-nude-met-337063), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Cottage among Trees](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cottage-among-trees-met-337491), Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-crucified-between-the-two-thieves-the-three-crosses-met-354631), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [View of Amsterdam from the Northwest](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-amsterdam-from-the-northwest-nga-9903), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1640. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Sheet with Two Studies: a Tree, and the Upper Part of a Head of the Artist Wearing a Velvet Cap](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sheet-with-two-studies-a-tree-and-the-upper-part-of-a-head-o-nga-9998), Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1642. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.