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A Young Man with a Chain
A Young Man with a Chain
Netherlands · c. 1629 or 1632 · oil on wood
Rijn: Portrait of a Woman
Rijn: Portrait of a Woman
Netherlands · 1635 or earlier · oil on wood
The Strolling Musicians
The Strolling Musicians
Netherlands · c. 1635 · etching and drypoint
Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness
Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness
Netherlands · c. 1640–45 · Pen and brown ink, touched with white gouache; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Christ Taken before Caiaphas
Christ Taken before Caiaphas
Netherlands · c. 1641–42 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with white gouache
The Monk in the Cornfield
The Monk in the Cornfield
Netherlands · 1641–1651 · Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper
The Hundred Guilder Print, central section
The Hundred Guilder Print, central section
Netherlands · c. 1649, printed later · etching, drypoint, and engraving
Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe')
Netherlands · c. 1652 · etching, drypoint, and burin
Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window
Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window
Netherlands · 1648 · etching, drypoint, and engraving
The Presentation in the Temple
The Presentation in the Temple
Netherlands · c. 1654 · etching, drypoint and engraving
The Blindness of Tobit: The Large Plate
The Blindness of Tobit: The Large Plate
Netherlands · 1651 · etching and drypoint
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
Clement de Jonghe, Printseller
Netherlands · 1651 · etching, drypoint, and engraving
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
Netherlands · 1654 · etching and drypoint
Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate
Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate
Netherlands · 1654 · etching, engraving and drypoint
A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat
A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat
Netherlands · c. 1655–60 · oil on canvas
Ecce Homo. Christ Presented to the People
Ecce Homo. Christ Presented to the People
Netherlands · 1655 · drypoint
Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan
Netherlands · c. 1656–61 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash
St. Francis Beneath a Tree Praying
St. Francis Beneath a Tree Praying
Netherlands · 1657 · drypoint and etching
The Phoenix or The Statue Overthrown
The Phoenix or The Statue Overthrown
Netherlands · 1658 · Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
An Elderly Man in Prayer
An Elderly Man in Prayer
Netherlands · 1660s or later · oil on canvas
Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul
Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul
Dutch Golden Age · 1661
Rembrandt at 55, wrapping himself in the turban and sword-hilt of St Paul, gazing out with the exhaustion of his late self-portraits. Painted the year he was forced by bankruptcy to sell his house.
Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
Dutch Golden Age · 1662
Five cloth-quality inspectors and their servant, caught mid-meeting as if someone had just entered the room. Rembrandt's late group portrait — every figure independently alive, together still a board.
The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus
The Meeting of Christ with Martha and Mary after the Death of Lazarus
Netherlands · c. 1662–65 · reed pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache (in the heads of the kneeling figures)
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride
Dutch Golden Age · c. 1665
A man places his hand on a woman's breast with a tenderness rare in 17th-century painting. Rembrandt laid on the gold of her sleeve with a palette knife; Van Gogh said he would have given ten years of his life to sit in front of it for two weeks.
Return of the Prodigal Son
Return of the Prodigal Son
Baroque · c. 1669
One of the last paintings Rembrandt made. The father's worn hands on the kneeling son's back — one hand rough, one softer, as if both parents — is the emotional weight of a 30-year career distilled into a gesture.