Early Life
Where do was Rembrandt born?
A.Leiden, Netheralands
B. Paris, France
C. Venice Italy
Leiden, Netherlands
What is Leiden?
A city in Amsterdam
What is an etching?
a method of making prints from a metal plate, usually copper,
Where did Rembrandt have the greatest market for his portraits?
Amsterdam
What text did Rembrandt use for his biblical scenes?
The old and New Testament
Rembrandt was not from a family of art nor craft
True!
Unlike others in his time, Rembrandt was not a natural born artist and only rose to fame through his skill and hard work
Who inspired Rembrandt's early paintings when in Leiden?
A. Lastman
B. Caravaggio
C. Rubens
Pieter Lastman
He was basically self-taught
What did Rembrandt do to avoid distraction to his viewer?
He used dynamic contours and limited the amount of detail.
What religious affiliation was Rembrandt a part of?
There is no clear evidence to which religion he belonged to. This could have been due to his dad being part of the reformed church but his mom was Roman Catholic.
Where do you believe Rembrandt found a muse to paint religious paintings?
A. His family was incredibly religious
B. He was fascinated with the Renaissance painters
C. He attended Latin school where the main focus on biblical stories and classics.
C. He attended Latin school where the main focus on biblical stories and classics.
He would later leave this school to focus on painting.
Rembrandt was mainly devoted to what two types of painting in Leiden?
Small-scale history painting and tronies
Who was Gerrit Dou?
He was one of Rembrandt's pupils who created genre paintings.
Genre paintings were meant to capture ordinary life, especially domestic situations.
True or false:
Rembrandt had help with some of his portraits?
True, it is said that he had a dedicated studios for portraits.
Rembrandt depicted himself as what saint?
St. Paul
It is argued that Rembrandt painted this to oppose the idea of joining any religious since Paul was known to be against sectarian tendencies.
Pieter Lastman, Rembrandt's teacher, taught Rembrandt to do what?
Use the painting to tell history
When did Rembrandt finish the Judas Repentant?
1628 or 1629
100 guilders which is about 56 dollars
Who left Rembrandt's studio after Rembrandt only painted him one day and left the rest to someone else?
Wtenbogaert, the priest.
What friendship did Rembrandt have that influenced his belief?
Rembrandt was rumored to have worked with another artist as a child, who was that?
Jan Lievens
Lievens was said to be a child prodigy and worked closely with Rembrandt.
Rembrandt was known to use bevriende kleuren. What is bevriende kleuren?
Related colors
In order to achieve this result, Rembrandt had to sacrifice strong, saturated colours, since these would impair the desired effect. He also had to sacrifice much detail in order to maintain tonal unity throughout the painting.
Flinck, Fabritius, and Gelder all worked under who?
Rembrandt
What lighting technique is used by Rembrandt in his portraits?
Rembrandt Lighting
Rembrandt's children were baptized under what church?
Anabaptist