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The son of a miller, Rembrandt was born in Leiden, where he studied painting first with Jacob van Swanenburgh and then with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. He opened a workshop in Leiden in around 1624, shared with his friend Jan Lievens, where he aimed to establish himself as a history painter, winning the admiration of the poet and courtier Constantijn Huygens. Seeking to develop his career, he moved to Amsterdam in 1631 and joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1634, in which year he also married his wife Saskia. She died in 1642 shortly after the birth of their son Titus, by which point Rembrandt was already in financial straits due to excessive spending on paintings, antiquities and props for his history pictures. By 1656 he was close to bankruptcy and was forced to sell much of his collection, before being obliged in 1660 to move to more modest accommodation. The last few years of his life were dogged by financial difficulties and darkened by the death of his beloved son Titus in 1668, whom he survived by only a year.
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LOT 12 , SALE 7782
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
Portrait of a man with arms akimbo
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 20,201,250
LOT 24 , SALE 5602
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
A man in a gorget and cap
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 8,441,250
LOT 10 , SALE 13673
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
Portrait of Petronella Buys (1610-1670), bust-length, in a brocaded black gown,
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 3,368,750
LOT 16 , SALE 1164
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
Man with a Sword
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 2,200,000
LOT 22 , SALE 14772
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Christ presented to the people (‘Ecce Homo’)
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 2,648,750
LOT 30 , SALE 13671
Attributed to Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn...
An Old Bearded Man
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 2,105,000
LOT 71 , SALE 1139
Harmensz. van Rijn Rembrandt (1606-1669)
The Three Trees (B, Holl 212; H 205; New Holl 214)
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 434,500
LOT 49 , SALE 7644
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669)
Christ crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses' (B, Holl 78; H
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 421,250
LOT 148 , SALE 16544
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape
PRICE REALIZED
USD 468,500
LOT 283 , SALE 2511
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
A strolling couple: an old man and a woman carrying a market pail
PRICE REALIZED
USD 458,500
LOT 42 , SALE 10252
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden...
A young man leaning on a stick
PRICE REALIZED
GBP 206,500
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