Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

A biographical offering from your Art History Guide.

Mark has written a longer biography, complete with images of many works (the link for these is right underneath Rembrandt's name), along with several other pieces pertaining to Rembrandt. He's even got a free demo of a Rembrandt screensaver.

Four thumbnails (click to enlarge to enormous views) of Rembrandt's more popular works. Hold on, though! At the bottom of the page are links to 3 pages (each) of Biblical paintings and portraits, a selection of group portraits, ditto for self-portraits and then "miscellaneous" paintings. A must-see!

This offering, here called a "pavilion", is built around the Rembrandt Research Project - an attempt to thoroughly catalog all of Rembrandt's massive output. There is a long piece examining Rembrandt's manner (technique), details on the research project, "Invisible Rembrandt"(scientific processes used to determine authentic works by the artist) and several multi-media tours of paintings.

This is the first of three pages of dates in Rembrandt's life. Not only are the dates here, each is annotated at length. If you need a particular "who", "what" or "when" on Rembrandt, this is the site for you. Images of many self-portraits are also available.

A wonderful online exhibit from the US National Gallery of Art. It starts with an image of the copper plate used to create the above entitled piece, and then takes the user on "tours". Choose between learning printmaking techniques, Rembrandt's treatment of this Old Testament story or more about Rembrandt's life.

Subtitled "Reflections on The Return of the Prodigal Son", this piece is exactly that. Paul Twelker, Professor of Psychology at Trinity International University, delves into the psychological meanings apparent in this famous painting.