Rembrandt (Leaving Cert Art): Flashcards
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Rembrandt's birth and death years
Rembrandt's birth and death years
1606-1669
Dutch Golden Age period
Dutch Golden Age period
1581-1672
Rembrandt's birthplace
Rembrandt's birthplace
Leiden
Rembrandt's wife (married 1634)
Rembrandt's wife (married 1634)
Saskia van Uylenburgh
Name of Rembrandt's surviving son
Name of Rembrandt's surviving son
Titus
Year & cause of Saskia's death
Year & cause of Saskia's death
1642, tuberculosis
Chiaroscuro definition
Chiaroscuro definition
Dramatic contrast between light & dark in paintings
Three art forms Rembrandt mastered
Three art forms Rembrandt mastered
Oil painting, etching, printmaking
Approx. number of self-portraits created
Approx. number of self-portraits created
100
Rembrandt's only maritime painting
Rembrandt's only maritime painting
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Year of Gardner Museum art heist
Year of Gardner Museum art heist
1990
Year The Night Watch was completed
Year The Night Watch was completed
1642
Rembrandt's final painting (1669)
Rembrandt's final painting (1669)
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Year first studio established
Year first studio established
1624