When you really love yourself and you think you’re incredibly beautiful, why not paint your self over and over and over and over? That’s exactly what Rembrandt did. In fact, he painted almost 100 self-portraits in his lifetime!
In this episode, we’ll talk about Rembrandt van Rijn, the greatest artist of the Dutch Golden Age, and the original “selfie-taker,” as well as one of his most famous works, The Night Watch.
The Night Watch
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Some of Rembrandt’s Self-Portraits:
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Recommended for Further Study:
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)Rembrandt (Art Profiles for Kids)
What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?
Rembrandt and 17th Century Holland : The Dutch nation and its painters
Rembrandt (Lives of the Artists)
