REMBRANDT

A master of drawing, painting, and printmaking, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) is widely considered one of the finest visual artists i n the history of Western art, and the most important in Dutch history. He stands out from other 17th-century masters of the Dutch Go lden Age with his wide range of subjects and styles, including portraits and self-portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, animal studie s, allegories and historical scenes, and biblical and mythological subjects