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Uske [[Europe]] ke aur jaada kar ke [[Netherlands]] ke itihaas me ab se jaada important painter jaana jaawe hae.<ref name="Gombrich, p. 420">Gombrich, p. 420.</ref> Ii uu time ke rahaa jiske the [[Dutch Golden Age]] bola jaawa rahaa.
HavingJab achievedki youthfuluu successaapan asjawani ame ek portrait painter, hiske laterrup yearsme weresafalta markedpaais, byuske baad e din personal tragedy andaur financial hardshipshardship se bharaa rahaa. YetFir hisbhi uske etchings andaur paintings wereuske popularjindagi throughoutbhar hisfamous lifetime,rahaa hisaur reputationuske asartist anke artistreputation remainedachchha highrahaa.,<ref>Gombrich, p. 427.</ref> andaur forbiis twentysaal yearstalak heuu taughtsab nearlykhaas every important Dutch painter ke sikhais.<ref>Clark, p. 203.</ref> Rembrandt's greatestke sab se barraa creative triumphs are exemplifiedke especiallyexample inhae hisuske [[portrait painting|portrait]]saapan ofcontemporaries his contemporarieske, [[self-portrait]]sportraits and illustrationsaur of scenes from the [[Bible]] ke kuchh scene ke chapa. HisUske self-portraits form aek unique andaur intimate biography, inde whichhae, thejisme artist surveyedke himself withoutbinaa vanity andke survey karaa jaawe withhae thepuura utmostsachhai sincerityse.<ref name="Gombrich, p. 420"/>
In bothDuuno painting andaur printmaking he exhibited a completeme knowledgeuu of classical [[iconography]], whichke hegyan moldeddekhais to fit the requirements of his own experience; thushae, thejiske depictionmold ofkar ake biblicalappan scenerequiements waske informedfit bykaris Rembrandt'shae; knowledgejaise ofki theuske specificBible text,me hiske assimilationscene ofke classicalchhapa composition, anduske hisBble observationske ofbaare [[Amsterdam]]'ske [[Jewishjaankari Amsterdam|Jewishdekhae abaadi]]hae.<ref>Clark, pp. 203-4.</ref> Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."<ref>Clark, p. 205.</ref>
==Gallery==
Image:Self portrait leaning on si 373x470.jpg|''Self-portrait leaning on a Sill'', etching, 1639
Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 129.jpg|1640, wearing a costume in the style of over a century earlier. National Gallery
Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 127b.jpg|''[[Self Portrait (Rembrandt, Vienna)|Self Portrait]]'', oil on canvas, 1652. [[Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna]]
Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 132.jpg|Vienna c. 1655, oil on walnut, cut down in size.
Image:Rembrandt_-_Self_Portrait111.jpg|Rembrandt — Self Portrait, 1659?, Edinburgh, detail.
File:Rembrandt van rijn-self portrait.jpg|1660
Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 135.jpg|Dated 1669, the year he died, though he looks much older in other portraits. [[National Gallery (London)|National Gallery]]
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===Other works===
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File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 150.jpg|''[[The Stoning of Saint Stephen]]'', 1625
Image:Rembrandt_Artiest_in_zijn_studio,_1629..jpg|''Artist in his studio'', 1629
Image:Rembrandt_Buste_van_oude_man_met_bontmuts._1630.jpg|Bust of an old man with a fur hat, 1630
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 027.jpg|''Parable of the [[Parable of the Hidden Treasure|Hidden Treasure]]'', c. 1630
Image:Rembrandt_-_The_Philosopher_in_Meditation.jpg|''The Philosopher in Meditation'', 1632
Image:Johannes Wtenbogaert by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg|Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert, 1633 - a preacher, like many of the best portraits of the 1630s
Image:Rembrandt Abraham en Isaac, 1634.jpg|''Abraham and Isaac'', 1634
Image:Rembrandt_Afneming_van_het_kruis._1634..jpg|''Descent from the Cross''. 1634. 1634
Image:Rembrandt_Artemis,_1634..jpg|''Artemis'', 1634
Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 086.jpg|Saskia as "Flora", 1635
Image:Rembrandt_en_Saskia_in_De_Verloren_Zoon_1635.jpg|Rembrandt and Saskia pose as "The Prodigal Son in the Tavern" - a portrait historié, 1635
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