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Original Painting |
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Portrait of Old Man in red.
1652-1654
Oil on canvas. The
Hermitage Museum
Original:
42 x 34 inches (108 x 86 cm)
Replica: 41 x 33 inches (106 x 84 cm)
Current state:
 November
24, 2005 - the
copying
was started.
February 5, 2006 - the
copying
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Rembrandt
Hall at the State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg,
Russia |
Rembrandt
Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on 15th July, 1606, in Leiden,
the eighth of nine children of Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn and his wife,
Neeltje van Suijttbroeck. He was the first and the only of their sons
whom they sent to the school for Latin. After seven years' schooling
(1613-1620), Rembrandt entered the Philosophical Faculty of Leiden
University to study Classics. A short period at the university finished
with starting a period of apprenticeship (1622-24) under the
Italy-trained painter Jacob Isaacszoon van Swanenburgh. However, the
succeeding half-year studies under Pieter Lastman, the Amsterdam artist
of historical paintings, influenced Rembrandt's work much deeper...>>>
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