{"id":21846,"date":"2026-09-01T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/?page_id=21846"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:12:03","slug":"rembrandt-van-rijn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/rembrandt-van-rijn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21846\" class=\"elementor elementor-21846 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bfe714 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bfe714\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-67 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0434f6\" data-id=\"a0434f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb6227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2eb6227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f779a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f779a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who was Rembrandt van Rijn?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd31df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cd31df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of the 17th century, known for his portraits, self-portraits, biblical scenes and etchings. Born in Leiden, he built his career and his fame in Amsterdam, where he lived and worked for nineteen years in the house that is now Rembrandt House Museum. His life moved from early success to a near-bankruptcy that cost him almost everything he owned, and his work is still studied today for its use of light, shadow and raw human emotion.<\/p><p>According to Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt worked in this house on the Jodenbreestraat from 1639 until 1658, the years in which he painted some of his best known work and trained the painters who would carry his style into the next generation. Few artists are as closely tied to a single building: the atelier where he mixed his paint and the rooms where he raised his family still stand, filled with the objects and stories that shaped his life. This is his story, but you can experience it for yourself too: book your visit to Rembrandt House Museum today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95bcc5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"95bcc5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/tickets\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#ec6a37;color:#fff;font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;padding:15px 36px;text-decoration:none;\">book in advance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/plan-your-visit\/visitor-information\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;color:#434957;font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;padding:13px 32px;text-decoration:none;border:2px solid #434957;\">visitor information<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa6e71c\" data-id=\"fa6e71c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2459ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2459ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Zelfportret-etsend-bij-het-raam-1648-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B022-768x908-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9721\" alt=\"Rembrandt&apos;s 1648 self-portrait etching by the window, made shortly after the portrait of Jan Six\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Zelfportret-etsend-bij-het-raam-1648-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B022-768x908-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Zelfportret-etsend-bij-het-raam-1648-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B022-768x908-1-254x300.webp 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Self-portrait etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648. Rembrandt House Museum.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68c93a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68c93a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd57c69\" data-id=\"dd57c69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0124db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0124db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rembrandt's life: a timeline (1606-1669)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8bf1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8bf1ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The dates below mark the key moments in the life of Rembrandt van Rijn, from his birth in Leiden to his death in Amsterdam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80669ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"80669ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.rmbtl-en{font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;}.rmbtl-en td{padding:12px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #d8d5c9;font-size:16px;color:#434957;vertical-align:top;}.rmbtl-en td.rmbtl-y{font-weight:700;color:#ec6a37;width:110px;white-space:nowrap;}@media(max-width:767px){.rmbtl-en td.rmbtl-y{white-space:normal !important;width:auto !important;}}<\/style><table class=\"rmbtl-en\"><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1606<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Born in Leiden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1631<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Moves to Amsterdam, aged 25, and quickly builds his reputation as a portrait painter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1634<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Marries Saskia van Uylenburgh<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1639<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Buys the house on the Jodenbreestraat, now Rembrandt House Museum<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1641<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Son Titus is born, the only one of his and Saskia's four children to survive infancy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1642<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Saskia dies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1656<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Comes close to bankruptcy and sells almost everything he owns<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1658<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Sells the house on the Jodenbreestraat, aged 52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">February 1668<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Titus marries Magdalena van Loo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">September 1668<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Titus dies of the plague, aged 27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">1669<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Granddaughter Titia is born, six months after Titus's death<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">4 October 1669<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Rembrandt dies in Amsterdam, aged 63<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"rmbtl-y\">8 October 1669<\/td><td class=\"rmbtl-e\">Buried in the Westerkerk<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd9e9dc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd9e9dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3199c6\" data-id=\"b3199c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2966975 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2966975\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78613fe\" data-id=\"78613fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae65907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae65907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15921\" alt=\"Rembrandt van Rijn&apos;s atelier with its four north-facing windows at Rembrandt House Museum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leerlingenatelier-AadHoogendoornRembrandt-146-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The atelier at Rembrandt House Museum, lit by the four north-facing windows.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-67 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16a6a12\" data-id=\"16a6a12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21c361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f21c361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rembrandt and the house on the Jodenbreestraat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2112d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2112d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1639, at the height of his fame, Rembrandt bought a large house on the Jodenbreestraat, in a neighbourhood where many painters of the time lived and worked. It was an expensive purchase, around 13,000 guilders, a sum that would prove harder to pay off than he expected. But the house gave him what he needed: space to live with his family and to paint.<\/p><p>Before he bought the house, Rembrandt and Saskia rented a home elsewhere in the city that no longer exists today. The move to the Jodenbreestraat was a step up, both socially and professionally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cade11a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cade11a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the heart of the house is the atelier, lit by four large windows facing north, the steady, even light that painters of the 17th century relied on. It is in this room that Rembrandt painted, and where he trained the students who worked alongside him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc52245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc52245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elsewhere in the house was his Kunstcaemer, a room where he kept the exotic objects he collected at auctions held at the Brakke Grond, from Sumatran pepper to Chinese porcelain and Indian silk.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/find-out-more\/meet-rembrandt\/\">Step inside the house itself, room by room<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccc4c22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccc4c22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e204d03\" data-id=\"e204d03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae6e013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae6e013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From fame to near-bankruptcy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71b21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b71b21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rembrandt&#8217;s fortunes did not last. In 1656, seventeen years after buying the house, he found himself in serious financial trouble and narrowly avoided being declared bankrupt. An official from the city came to his door to draw up an inventory of everything he owned, and almost everything on it was sold at auction.<\/p><p>That inventory turned out to be more than a record of loss. It is the reason Rembrandt House Museum can show visitors the house largely as it looked in 1656: the rooms have been furnished based on the items listed on it. The original inventory itself is on display in the museum&#8217;s Epilogue room, alongside the story of how the reconstruction was made possible.<\/p><p>Rembrandt sold the house in 1658, when he was 52, and moved with his family to a rented home on the Rozengracht. He continued to paint for another eleven years, but he never owned a house of his own again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4900f60 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4900f60\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e5bb8\" data-id=\"a7e5bb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-216aa55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"216aa55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8436b1f\" data-id=\"8436b1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f7c8c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f7c8c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220-768x747.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5303\" alt=\"Rembrandt van Rijn, Titus at his Desk, 1655: portrait of his son Titus van Rijn, on loan from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220-1536x1493.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rembrandt-Titus-aan-de-lessenaar-Museum-Boijmans-van-Beuningen-1-e1678107475220.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-67 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09ea03a\" data-id=\"09ea03a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9587311 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9587311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rembrandt's family: Saskia, Titus, Hendrickje and Cornelia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da0490c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da0490c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. Together they had four children, but only one, Titus, born in 1641, survived past infancy; three of his brothers and sisters died shortly after birth and were buried near the Zuiderkerk. Saskia herself died in 1642, only a year after Titus was born.<\/p><p>After Saskia&#8217;s death, Rembrandt&#8217;s household included Geertje Dircx and later Hendrickje Stoffels, with whom he had a daughter, Cornelia. Hendrickje died a few years before Titus.<\/p><p>Titus grew up in the house on the Jodenbreestraat and later lived on the Singel. In February 1668 he married Magdalena van Loo, but he died that same year, in September, of the plague, at just 27 years old. Six months later, his daughter Titia was born, a granddaughter Rembrandt lived to see. After Rembrandt&#8217;s own death in 1669, his friend Abraham Francen, an apothecary and art collector, became the guardian of Cornelia, then fourteen years old.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/titus-van-rijn\/\">Read the full story of Titus van Rijn<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59dba50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59dba50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-604963b\" data-id=\"604963b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaa27e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaa27e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6f6291\" data-id=\"c6f6291\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d3531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99d3531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Jan-Six-1647-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B285-1-768x940-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9719\" alt=\"Rembrandt&apos;s 1647 etching portrait of his friend Jan Six, reading by the window\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Jan-Six-1647-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B285-1-768x940-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.Rembrandt-van-Rijn-Jan-Six-1647-ets-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-inv.-B285-1-768x940-1-245x300.webp 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-67 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68c7c36\" data-id=\"68c7c36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1d3337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1d3337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rembrandt's circle: students and friends<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddef7dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddef7dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The atelier on the Jodenbreestraat was not only Rembrandt&#8217;s own workspace. He trained young painters there, passing on his technique to a new generation of artists who went on to build their own careers.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/ontmoet-rembrandt-rembrandt-de-leermeester-zijn-leerlingen\/\">Rembrandt as a teacher and his students<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b84f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b84f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of his closest personal relationships was with Jan Six, who grew up in a distinguished Amsterdam family and moved into the family home on the Kloveniersburgwal in 1632, at the age of thirteen. Rembrandt etched Six&#8217;s portrait in 1647 and painted him again in 1654, in an almost impressionistic style up close. In 1653, Rembrandt borrowed 1,000 guilders from the Six family and struggled to repay it, which cooled the friendship. Even so, the painted portrait and the original copper etching plate are still owned by the Six family today.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/jan-six\/\">Read the story of Jan Six and Rembrandt<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48c8d98 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48c8d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e7009b\" data-id=\"4e7009b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92f9eac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92f9eac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rembrandt's work: paintings, etchings and drawings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff0dc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cff0dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rembrandt worked across three techniques throughout his career: painting, etching and drawing. Etching became one of his defining skills. According to Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt produced a large body of etchings, many of them created inside the atelier that visitors can still see today.<\/p><p>His subjects ranged from portraits and self-portraits to biblical and mythological scenes, and to the streets and buildings of Amsterdam itself: several of his drawings capture towers, bridges and gates that still stand in the city today, seen through his own eyes.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/find-out-more\/collection\">browse the full collection<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8a91d elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"2f8a91d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rembrandt-De-Nachtwacht-Rijksmuseum-Amsterdam-Rembrandthuis-1024x853-1.jpeg\" alt=\"De Nachtwacht, het beroemdste schilderij van Rembrandt van Rijn, gemaakt tijdens zijn jaren in het huis dat nu Museum Rembrandthuis is\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Week-36.-De-Anatomische-Les-van-Dr.-Nicolaes-Tulp-Kolk-Kusters-RembrandtLAB-1.jpg\" alt=\"De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, schilderij van Rembrandt van Rijn uit 1632\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/B320-Rembrandt-Zelfportret-met-verbaasde-blik-1630.-Ets-en-drogenaald-enige-staat-51-x-46-mm-Museum-Het-Rembrandthuis-TIF-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Self-portrait etching of Rembrandt van Rijn with a startled expression, 1630, Rembrandt House Museum\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Rembrandt-De-Omval-1645.-Ets-en-drogenaald-staat-II-2-184-x-225-mm-Museum-Rembrandthuis-Amsterdam-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"The Omval, etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645, Rembrandt House Museum\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eda97b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eda97b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9748c9\" data-id=\"d9748c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a53eda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a53eda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">frequently asked questions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6a6d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f6a6d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently asked questions about Rembrandt's life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6faqen elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6faqen\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1faqen\" data-id=\"c1faqen\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc8932 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"5bc8932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9621\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9621\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Who was Rembrandt van Rijn?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9621\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9621\">Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of the 17th century, known for his portraits, self-portraits, biblical scenes and etchings. Born in Leiden, he built his career and his fame in Amsterdam, where he lived and worked for nineteen years in the house that is now Rembrandt House Museum.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9622\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9622\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">When and where was Rembrandt van Rijn born?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9622\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9622\">Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9623\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9623\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Where did Rembrandt live in Amsterdam?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9623\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9623\">Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam in 1631. Before buying the house on the Jodenbreestraat in 1639, he and Saskia rented a home elsewhere in the city that no longer exists today. After narrowly avoiding bankruptcy in 1656, and the sale of the house in 1658, he moved to a rented home on the Rozengracht, where he lived until his death in 1669.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9624\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9624\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How did Rembrandt die, and how old was he?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9624\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9624\">Rembrandt died in Amsterdam on 4 October 1669, at the age of 63. He was buried four days later, on 8 October, in the Westerkerk.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2faqen\" data-id=\"c2faqen\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7faq02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"e7faq02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1521\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1521\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How many etchings did Rembrandt make?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1521\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1521\">There is no single confirmed count: museums and art historians give different figures, because attributions have been revised over time. According to Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt produced a large body of etchings over the course of his career, many of them inside his own atelier on the Jodenbreestraat.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1522\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1522\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What happened to Rembrandt's house after his near-bankruptcy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1522\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1522\">When Rembrandt came close to bankruptcy in 1656, an official drew up an inventory of everything he owned before nearly all of it was sold at auction. That inventory is now on display in the museum&#8217;s Epilogue room and was used to reconstruct the house largely as it looked in 1656.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1523\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1523\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Who took care of Rembrandt's family after his death?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1523\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1523\">After Rembrandt died in 1669, his friend Abraham Francen, an apothecary and art collector, became the guardian of Rembrandt&#8217;s daughter Cornelia, who was fourteen years old at the time.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-480ee75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"480ee75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who was Rembrandt van Rijn?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of the 17th century, known for his portraits, self-portraits, biblical scenes and etchings. 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In 45 minutes through the house, you walk through the rooms where he lived, worked and raised his family, from the atelier with its north-facing light to the Kunstcaemer and the Epilogue room where his own inventory is on display.<\/p><p>See also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/plan-your-visit\/visitor-information\/opening-hours-fees\/\">ticket prices<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa5aacf elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aa5aacf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;align-items:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/tickets\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#ec6a37;color:#fff;font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;padding:15px 36px;text-decoration:none;\">book in advance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/plan-your-visit\/visitor-information\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;color:#434957;font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;padding:13px 32px;text-decoration:none;border:2px solid #434957;\">visitor information<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-839e168 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"839e168\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0187ed\" data-id=\"e0187ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cddf42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8cddf42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n.rmb-mo{font-family:AvenirNext,Arial,sans-serif;color:#434957}\n.rmb-mo *,.rmb-mo *::before,.rmb-mo *::after{box-sizing:border-box}\n.rmb-mo.rmb-white{background:#fff}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-in{max-width:1300px;margin:0 auto;padding:64px 40px}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-head{max-width:720px;margin-bottom:8px}\n.rmb-mo .eyebrow{display:inline-block;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#6a6f78;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none}\n.rmb-mo h2{font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-.01em;line-height:1.15;font-size:clamp(26px,3.2vw,36px);margin:8px 0 0}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-head p{font-size:16px;color:#6a6f78;margin:12px 0 0}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-cards{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(5,1fr);gap:22px;margin-top:32px}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-card{background:#fff;border:1px solid #d8d5c9;border-radius:6px;padding:26px 22px;display:flex;flex-direction:column}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-card h3{font-size:18px;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 10px;color:#434957}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-card p{font-size:15px;color:#6a6f78;margin:0}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-card .go{margin-top:auto;padding-top:14px;font-weight:700;color:#ec6a37;text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap}\n.rmb-mo .rmb-card a.go:hover{text-decoration:underline}\n@media(max-width:1024px){.rmb-mo .rmb-cards{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}}\n@media(max-width:767px){.rmb-mo .rmb-cards{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\n<\/style><section class=\"rmb-mo rmb-white\"><div class=\"rmb-in\"><div class=\"rmb-head\"><span class=\"eyebrow\">Discover more<\/span><h2>Discover more<\/h2><p>Not done exploring yet? Discover more of Rembrandt's story.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"rmb-cards\"><div class=\"rmb-card\"><h3>Meet Rembrandt<\/h3><p>Walk through the house and experience his life where it happened.<\/p><a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/find-out-more\/meet-rembrandt\/\">Discover the house &rarr;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"rmb-card\"><h3>Titus van Rijn<\/h3><p>The short life of the son Rembrandt lost far too soon.<\/p><a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/titus-van-rijn\/\">Read about Titus &rarr;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"rmb-card\"><h3>Jan Six and Rembrandt<\/h3><p>The etching, the friendship and the loan that cooled it.<\/p><a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/jan-six\/\">Read about Jan Six &rarr;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"rmb-card\"><h3>The collection<\/h3><p>Paintings, etchings and drawings by Rembrandt and his contemporaries.<\/p><a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/find-out-more\/collection\/\">Browse the collection &rarr;<\/a><\/div><div class=\"rmb-card\"><h3>Rembrandt's Amsterdam<\/h3><p>The same city, the same streets, told by Rembrandt himself.<\/p><a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/whats-on\/rembrandt-in-amsterdam\/\">Walk the route &rarr;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"nb-footnote-inline\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9721,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21846","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21848,"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21846\/revisions\/21848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rembrandthuis.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}