Although he was an infinitely skilful and perceptive portraitist, Rembrandt always thought of himself in the first place as a history painter, that is, a painter of scenes from the Bible, classical history and mythology.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	"The Leiden History Painting" 1626 Oil on panel, 90 x 121 cm Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden	1364*1000 True Color 152 Kb
	Artemisia 1634 Oil on canvas, 142 x 152 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	1297*1200 True Color 132 Kb
	Aristotle with a Bust of Homer 1653 Oil on canvas, 144 x 137 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1532*1600 True Color 149 Kb
	Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (detail) 1653 Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1101*1500 True Color 124 Kb
	Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (detail) 1653 Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	603*1269 True Color 146 Kb
	The Conspiration of the Bataves 1661-62 Oil on canvas, 196 x 309 cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm	1600*983 True Color 171 Kb
	The Conspiration of the Bataves (detail) 1661-62 Oil on canvas Nationalmuseum, Stockholm	1000*1359 True Color 202 Kb
	Homer 1663 Oil on canvas, 108 x 82 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague	1000*1326 True Color 106 Kb
	Lucretia 1666 Oil on canvas, 105 x 92,5 cm Institute of Arts, Minneapolis	1258*1500 True Color 203 Kb