From Leiden to Amsterdam

Life of Rembrandtfamily, workshop & students

Saskia, Hendrickje, Titus, house, debts, collaborators and students: blog articles on the documented life of the painter.

Explore the 33 blog articles See Rembrandt's paintings

Rembrandt's Night Watch explained to children — 33classified blog articles, images without duplicates

1606 - 1669Life of Rembrandt

1Section on this page

33Blog posts published

7Thematic pages

33 blog posts

Life, family, workshop and students

Leiden, Amsterdam, Saskia, Hendrickje, Titus, bankruptcy, house, collaborators and students placed in the archives.

Rembrandt's Night Watch explained to children

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt explained to children: life, paintings and techniques

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt explained to children: life, paintings and techniques, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt, Self-portrait with two circles, circa 1665-1669

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt and Picasso: engraving, self-portrait and dialogue with the masters

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt and Picasso: engraving, self-portrait and dialogue with the masters, with clear references, works and a verified context.

Caravaggio, The Vocation of Saint Matthew, beam of light crossing a dark room

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt and Caravaggio: two masters of chiaroscuro compared

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt and Caravaggio: two masters of chiaroscuro compared, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Self-portrait with shady eyes by Rembrandt, 1634, The Leiden Collection

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

The Leiden Collection and Rembrandt: masterpieces from a private collection

Discover this blog article dedicated to The Leiden Collection and Rembrandt: masterpieces from a private collection, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

The Artist in his studio in Rembrandt, a young painter facing a monumental easel

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

The Artist in his Rembrandt studio: space, easel and ambition

Discover this blog article dedicated to The Artist in his Rembrandt studio: space, easel and ambition, with clear benchmarks, works and a verified context.

Head of Christ by Rembrandt, circa 1648 -1656, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

The Heads of Christ by Rembrandt: models, workshop and new image of Jesus

Discover this blog article dedicated to The Heads of Christ by Rembrandt: models, workshop and new image of Jesus, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

The Holy Family in the evening, Rembrandt's workshop, circa 1642-1648, Rijksmuseum

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

The Holy Family in the evening by Rembrandt: intimacy, light and daily life

Discover this blog article dedicated to The Holy Family in the Evening by Rembrandt: intimacy, light and daily life, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Portrait of an old woman known as Rembrandt's mother, Warsaw

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt's Mother: portraits, identifications and studio works

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's Mother: portraits, identifications and studio works, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt, Girl at the Window, 1645, Dulwich Picture Gallery

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Young girl at Rembrandt's window: analysis of the gaze and trompe l'oeil

Discover this blog article dedicated to Young Girl at the Rembrandt Window: analysis of the gaze and trompe l'oeil, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Danaé de Rembrandt, full view of the painting kept at the Hermitage Museum

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Danaé de Rembrandt: analysis, transformations and attack of painting

Discover this blog article dedicated to Danaé de Rembrandt: analysis, transformations and attack of painting, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt, The Return of the Prodigal Son, father welcoming his kneeling son

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

The Return of Rembrandt's Prodigal Son: Analysis, Symbols and History

Discover this blog article dedicated to The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt: analysis, symbols and history, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Isaac and Rebecca, known as The Jewish Bride, painted by Rembrandt around 1665-1669

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt's Jewish Bride: analysis, identity of the couple and symbols

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's Jewish Bride: analysis, couple identity and symbols, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt richly dressed and leaning on a parapet in his Self-Portrait at the age of 34 in 1640

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Self-portrait of Rembrandt from 1640: ambition and reference to the masters

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's Self-Portrait of 1640: ambition and reference to the masters, with clear benchmarks, works and a verified context.

Rembrandt, Self-portrait as an apostle Paul, 1661, Rijksmuseum

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Self-portrait of Rembrandt as the apostle Paul: identity, costume and symbol

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's Self-Portrait as Apostle Paul: identity, costume and symbol, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Self-portrait in both circles by Rembrandt, a baroque painter of the Dutch Golden Age

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Was Rembrandt an impressionist or a Renaissance painter?

Check out this blog post about whether Rembrandt was an impressionist or a Renaissance painter, with clear landmarks, works, and verified context.

Rembrandt and Spinoza in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam in the 17th century

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt and Spinoza: neighborhood in Amsterdam, Jewish environment and reality of links

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt and Spinoza: neighborhood in Amsterdam, Jewish environment and reality of links, with clear benchmarks, works and a verified context.

Jeremiah mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Was Rembrandt Protestant? Personal religion, Bible and confessional Amsterdam

Check out this blog post about Was Rembrandt Protestant? Personal religion, Bible and confessional Amsterdam, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

When was Rembrandt born? Young self-portrait of Rembrandt

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

When was Rembrandt born? Date and place of birth

Check out this blog post about When Was Rembrandt Born? Date and place of birth, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam's old Jewish quarter

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt and the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam: Models, Neighbors and Debates

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt and the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam: models, neighbors and debates, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Traditionally close domestic scene of Hendrickje Stoffels and Cornelia van Rijn

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Cornelia van Rijn: the daughter of Rembrandt and Hendrickje Stoffels

Discover this blog article dedicated to Cornelia van Rijn: the daughter of Rembrandt and Hendrickje Stoffels, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Facade of the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam, at the heart of its bankruptcy of 1656

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Why did Rembrandt go bankrupt? House, debts and sale of collections

Check out this blog post dedicated to Why Did Rembrandt Go Bankrupt? House, debts and sale of collections, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

A Woman in Bed by Rembrandt, a work often associated with Geertje Dircx, identification discussed

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Geertje Dircx and Rembrandt: relationship, trial and controversy

Discover this blog article dedicated to Geertje Dircx and Rembrandt: relationship, trial and controversy, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Alleged portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels painted by Rembrandt around 1654-1656

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Hendrickje Stoffels: companion and model of Rembrandt

Discover this blog article dedicated to Hendrickje Stoffels: companion and model of Rembrandt, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Titus at his office, portrait of Rembrandt's son

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Titus, son of Rembrandt: life and portraits

Discover this blog article dedicated to Titus, son of Rembrandt: life and portraits, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Saskia in Flora by Rembrandt, mythological portrait painted in 1634

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Saskia en Flora by Rembrandt: analysis of the mythological portrait

Discover this blog article dedicated to Saskia en Flora by Rembrandt: analysis of the mythological portrait, with clear benchmarks, works and a verified context.

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian costume painted by Rembrandt in 1635

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Saskia van Uylenburgh and Rembrandt: love, marriage and portraits

Check out this blog post dedicated to Saskia van Uylenburgh and Rembrandt: love, marriage and portraits, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt's large reconstructed workshop in his Amsterdam home

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt's workshop: operation, students and production

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's workshop: functioning, students and production, with clear benchmarks, works and a verified context.

Rembrandt's house at 4 Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt in Amsterdam: workshop, clientele and social advancement

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt in Amsterdam: workshop, clientele and social ascension, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt's main students

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt's students: Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck, Carel Fabritius and the others

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's students: Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck, Carel Fabritius and others, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

The Glasses Seller, Rembrandt's first known painting in Leiden

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt in Leiden: birth, family and first apprenticeships

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt in Leiden: birth, family and first learning, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Rembrandt and Saskia for the history of the painter's family

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

Rembrandt's family and parents

Discover this blog article dedicated to Rembrandt's Family and Parents, with clear benchmarks, works and verified context.

Self-portrait of Rembrandt, Dutch painter born in Leiden

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

What was Rembrandt's nationality?

Check out this blog post dedicated to What was Rembrandt's Nationality, with clear landmarks, works and verified context.

Young self-portrait of Rembrandt, whose first name becomes his artistic signature

Life, family, workshop and studentsBlog post

What is Rembrandt's real name and how to pronounce it?

Check out this blog post dedicated to What is Rembrandt's real name and how to pronounce it, with clear cues, works and verified context.

Language Currency