Paintings of historical scenes and figures
by REMBRANDT

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.

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"The Leiden History Painting"
1626
Oil on panel, 90 x 121 cm
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden


Artemisia
1634
Oil on canvas, 142 x 152 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid


Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
1653
Oil on canvas, 144 x 137 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
1653
Oil on canvas, 144 x 137 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (detail)
1653
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (detail)
1653
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


The Conspiration of the Bataves
1661-62
Oil on canvas, 196 x 309 cm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm


The Conspiration of the Bataves (detail)
1661-62
Oil on canvas
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm


Homer
1663
Oil on canvas, 108 x 82 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague


Lucretia
1666
Oil on canvas, 105 x 92,5 cm
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis



Summary of works by Rembrandt
Paintings
New Testament subjects | until 1639 | 1640s | 1650-60s
Passion of Christ | Old Testament subjects
Mythological subjects | Historical subjects
Portraits | until 1632 | 1633-39 | 1640s | 1650s | 1660s
Group portraits | Self-portraits
Landscapes | Miscellaneous subjects
Paintings in the style of Rembrandt (not by Rembrandt)
Graphics
Etchings | Drawings



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