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Rembrandt van Rijnan

Rembrandt easily tipped the scale for one of the best artists in history. You could say he was gifted, with not only painting but with printmaking too. Born in Leyden, Holland and being the son of a miller you wouldn't exactly think "painter"right? Oh but he is, and is now one of the most popular and talented artist out there. Rembrandt was a one of a kind painter who made some of the most famous paintings in history. he was born on July 15, 1606. He died on Oct.15,1669.

Rembrandt painted a lot of self portraits because he used them for "practise paintings"."Most of the paintings he had were self portraits, and when he went bankrupt the only thing he cared about keeping was his mirror. The reason he went bankrupt is because he "forgot"to pay back some people, a lot of people.

The first wife he had was Saskia who would be the mother of four children but sadly only one survived. But that kid was pretty miserable kid. His mom died when he was only one year old. But soon after got a new mother named Hendrickji. Both are in a lot of his paintings. Above is one of his self portraits.

He was even a teacher at a point, even though he was very young (22 to be exact). Rembrandt also loved to teach and paint scenes and people from the Bible. Some of his most famous paintings are still intact in the museums. They are The Night Watch, The Shell, and The Head of Christ. So he had a successful, sad, and poor life.