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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Dutch Golden Age printmakers, Dutch etchers, M. C. Escher, Herman Brood, Rembrandt, Adriaen van Ostade, Boetius a Bolswert, Hercules Seghers, Allaert van Everdingen, Abraham Bloemaert, Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael, Willem Witsen, Erhard Reuwich, Philip Galle, Dirk Langendijk, Karel Dujardin, Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Ferdinand Bol, Jan Verkolje, Herman van Swanevelt, Han Hoogerbrugge, Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Adriaen van de Velde, Hieronymus Cock, Wallerant Vaillant, Jacob de Gheyn II, Salomon van Abbe, Dirk van Hoogstraten, Johan Jongkind, Cornelis de Jode, Willem den Broeder, Cornelis Visscher, Reinier Nooms, Hendrik Bary, Reinier van Persijn, Jan de Visscher, Jan Luyken, Jacobus Cornelis Gaal, Hendrik Hondius I, Adriaen Matham, Hendrick Danckerts, Frederik Bloemaert, Lucas Vorsterman, Salomon Koninck, Joseph Mulder, Cornelis Dusart, Henricus Hondius II, Antonina Houbraken, Jan Montyn, Theodor Matham, Jacobus Stellingwerff, Hermanus Berserik, Jan Baptist van der Hulst, Marius Bauer, Aart van Dobbenburgh. Excerpt: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch pronunciation: , 15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, his later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of ...
