Analysis Of Rembrandt

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Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn Was born in Leiden , Dutch Republic also known today as the Netherlands on July 15th 1669 . He was born into a fairly good family , thus meaning both his parents had jobs ; not only that but he was also the 9th child born into the family which in that time was a normal thing to have more children . Having more children made the families feel like royalty and also because infant mortality rate was so high more families tended to have more children . Rembrandt as a young boy was brought up into a very religious family and that developed him into the person he was and what he was inspired by . Rembrandt and most of his works included religious themes and or had some type of incorporation of religion included into …show more content…

Nicolaes Tulp . Rembrandt painted a specific group portrait of seven surgeons and well known physician Nicolaes Tulp in 1632. This painting was made my Rembrandt for the board room of the Guild of Surgeons . This piece of art is dark and moves the mind making the person the viewer think more , it makes you see the details and notice the points that aren’t really noticeable when you take a glance at the piece . The amount of detail going into the background , foreground, and middle ground is very moving for the eye in my opinion and is probably the best works and my personal favorite of his. What i find interesting is that the anatomy lesson that Tulp gave in January 1632 is with reason , and the actual man they where observing was a convict / thief . They didn’t allow somewhat of “innocent” bodies to be “disdissected” and observed and that is also very interesting . Twice a week a leading physician gave the surgeons a lesson , and needed to show their knowledge and knowing of autopsy and how to perform it under the supervision of the praelector. Tulp didn’t do this all the time but he had become reader of the Guild of Surgeons three years earlier, and also had performed his first autopsy in 1631 and his second in 1632 . And it was due to this achievement Rembrandt had made this amazing painting / portrait

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