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painting a hundred self-portraits over four decades, running a workshop of forty students, then going bankrupt collecting daggers and antique armour

Where to see Rembrandt van Rijn
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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40 works
Charles Sedelmeyer collection
Paris, France
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37 worksHermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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35 worksRijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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33 worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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30 works
Munich Central Collecting Point
Munich, Germany
Also here (6)
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28 works
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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21 works
Louvre
Paris, France
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20 works
Leiden Collection
New York City, United States
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20 worksNational Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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20 works
Hessen Kassel Heritage
Kassel, Germany
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Self-Portrait Drawing at a Window - Rembrandt van Rijn
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Christ Preaching ('La Petite Tombe') - Rembrandt van Rijn
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A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat - Rembrandt van Rijn
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Shah Jahan - Rembrandt van Rijn
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Study of God the Father - Rembrandt van Rijn
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Saint Paul Reading - Rembrandt van Rijn
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The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - Rembrandt van Rijn
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The Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt van Rijn
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19 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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17 works
Mauritshuis
The Hague, Netherlands
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14 works
Führermuseum
Linz, Austria
Also here (6)
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12 works
National Museum in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
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9 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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9 works
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
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9 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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9 works
Royal Collection
London, United Kingdom
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8 works
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
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7 works
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow, Russia
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7 works
Wallace Collection
London, United Kingdom
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6 works
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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6 works
Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection
Düsseldorf, Germany
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6 works
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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6 works
Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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6 works
Hermann Göring Collection
Carinhall, Germany
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6 works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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6 works
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Also here (6)
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5 works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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5 works
Bridgewater Collection
London, United Kingdom
Also here (2)
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4 works
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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4 works
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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4 works
Julius Böhler AG
Starnberg, Germany
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4 works
Musée Bonnat-Helleu
Bayonne, France
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4 works
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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3 works
Norton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
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3 works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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3 works
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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3 works
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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3 works
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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3 works
Groninger Museum
Groningen, Netherlands
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3 works
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
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3 works
Bode Museum
Berlin, Germany
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3 works
National Trust
Swindon, United Kingdom
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3 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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3 works
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
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3 works
Musée Jacquemart-André
Paris, France
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3 works
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
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2 works
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
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2 works
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, United States
77 more museums hold works by Rembrandt van Rijn with smaller collections, not listed here.
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See all Rembrandt van Rijn prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Rembrandt van Rijn work?
Rembrandt van Rijn worked in Amsterdam, where he became a leading portrait painter. At seventeen, he opened his own studio with another artist.Who was Rembrandt van Rijn?
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, now known as Rembrandt, was a character. Throughout his life he painted, sketched and printed self-portraits, and more than eighty survive.Was Rembrandt van Rijn arm of rijk?
Rembrandt bought a large house in Amsterdam that he could not afford. When the Dutch economy collapsed in the 1650s, he had not completed even half the payments, and he later declared bankruptcy.Was rembrandt a christian?
There is some connection between Rembrandt and the Mennonite faith. A number of portraits of Mennonites by him are known.Why did Rembrandt van Rijn create so many self-portraits?
Rembrandt produced approaching a hundred self-portraits in various media. The series spans roughly four decades, from a young man experimenting with expressions to an old man with no money and no illusions.What was Rembrandt van Rijn known for?
Rembrandt van Rijn was known as a wildly successful portrait painter. His reputation today rests principally on the probing, introspective paintings of his late years.What is rembrandt harmenszoon van rijn most known for?
Rembrandt van Rijn is best known as a wildly successful portrait painter. Today, his reputation rests principally on the probing, introspective paintings of his late years, their subtle shadings implying extraordinary emotional depth.Rembrandt van Rijn art movement?
Rembrandt was a wildly successful portrait painter during his lifetime. His reputation today rests principally on the probing, introspective paintings of his late years.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Rembrandt van Rijn's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Mauritshuis Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum National Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Rijksmuseum Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Hermitage Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] academic Rembrandt | Biography, Art, Paintings, Self-Portraits, & Facts Used for: biography.
- [7] book J. Bruyn, B. Haak, S. H. Levie, P. J. J. van Thiel, E. van de Wetering (auth.), A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings _ Volume II_ 1631–1634 Used for: biography.
- [8] book Charlotte Mullins, A Little History of Art Used for: biography.
- [9] book Dorling Kindersley, Artists: Inspiring Stories of the World's Most Creative Minds Used for: biography.
- [10] book Rembrandt van Rijn, Delphi Complete Works of Rembrandt van Rijn (Illustrated) (Masters of Art Book 9) Used for: biography.
- [11] book Lilian H. Zirpolo, Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture Used for: biography.
- [12] book Rosales Rodríguez, Agnieszka,Michałowicz, Klaudyna, In the Footsteps of the Old Masters Used for: biography.
- [13] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
- [14] book Michel, Émile; , Rembrandt (1606-1669) Used for: biography, museum holdings.
- [15] book Steven Nadler, Rembrandt's Jews Used for: biography.
- [16] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [17] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [18] book Carol Strickland and John Boswell, The Annotated Mona Lisa Used for: stylistic analysis.
- [19] book Norbert Schneider, The Art of the Portrait (Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting, 1420-1670) (Midsize) Used for: biography.
- [20] book Mike Venezia, Worlds Greatest Artists- Rembrandt Used for: biography.
- [21] museum Rembrandt Laughing - Getty Museum Used for: technique.
- [22] museum Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) - Self-Portrait - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Used for: notable works.
- [23] museum Rembrandt: thinking on paper | British Museum Used for: exhibition history.
- [24] museum Rembrandt van Rijn - Rijksmuseum Used for: biography.
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