Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

• Rembrandt lived beyond his means, buying art (including bidding up his own work), prints and rarities, which probably caused a court arrangement to avoid his bankruptcy in 1656, by selling most of his paintings and large collection of antiquities.
• The sale list survives : Old Master paintings and drawings, included busts of the Roman Emperors, suits of Japanese armor among many objects from Asia, and collections of natural history and minerals.
• But the prices realized in the sales in 1657 and 1658 were disappointing.
• Rembrandt was forced to sell his house and his printing-press and move to more modest accommodation on the Rozengracht in 1660.
• The authorities and his creditors were generally accommodating to him, except for the Amsterdam painters' guild, which introduced a new rule that no one in Rembrandt's circumstances could trade as a painter.
• To get around this, Hendrickje and Titus set up a dummy corporation as art dealers in 1660, with Rembrandt as an employee.
• The displayed painting is a crop from The Abduction of Ganymede, 1635.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Laughing, c. 1628

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Laughing, c. 1628

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1629

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2019.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self-Portrait, Wearing a Flat Cap, c. 1642

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self-Portrait, Wearing a Flat Cap, c. 1642

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Small Self Portrait, ca. 1657

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Small Self Portrait, ca. 1657

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1658

Original, Frick Collections, New York. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading, ca. 1656-57

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-19.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading, ca. 1656-57

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Titus, the Artist`s Son, c. 1657

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Titus, the Artist`s Son, c. 1657

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family, 1632

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family, 1632

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of Marten Looten, 1632

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of Marten Looten, 1632

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Eleazar Swalmius, 1637

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Eleazar Swalmius, 1637

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Nicolaes Ruts, 1631

Original, Frick Collections, New York. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, 1965-67

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, 1965-67

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Man with a sword, c. 1642

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Man with a sword, c. 1642

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Man with a Magnifying Glass, early 1660s

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Saint Bartholomew, 1661

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Saint Bartholomew, 1661

Rembrandt, Old Man with a Fur Cap and a Velter Cloak, c. 1631

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, A Franciscan Friar, about 1655

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Rembrandt, A Franciscan Friar, about 1655

Rembrandt, An Old Man in Military Costume, c. 1630-31

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, An Old Man in Military Costume, c. 1630-31

Rembrandt, Portrait of a Man, 1632

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Rembrandt, Portrait of a Man, 1632

Rembrandt, Portrait of Dirck Jansz. Pesser, c. 1634

Original, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, Portrait of Dirck Jansz. Pesser, c. 1634

Rembrandt, Head of Christ, 1648

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, Head of Christ, 1648

Rembrandt, Head of Christ, c. 1648-56

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, Head of Christ, c. 1648-56

Rembrandt, Lighting Study of an old Man with curly hair, 1659

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, Lighting Study of an old Man with curly hair, 1659

Pupil of Rembrandt, Study of a man in a red cap, c. 1650-60

Original, Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Circle of Rembrandt, The man with the gold helmet, c. 1650-55

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Circle of Rembrandt, The man with the gold helmet, c. 1650-55

Rembrandt, Bust of a Man in Oriental Costume, 1633

Original, The Pinakotheken, Munich. Visited in 2018.

Rembrandt, Bust of a Man in Oriental Costume, 1633

Studio of Rembrandt, A Boy in fanciful costume, 1633

Original, The Wallace Collection, London. Visited in 2018.

Studio of Rembrandt, A Boy in fanciful costume, 1633

Rembrandt, Bust of a Young Jew, 1663

Original, The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX
Visited in 2020.

Rembrandt, Bust of a Young Jew, 1663