Rembrandt van Rijn. Born in 1607. An eminent painter and engraver. Rembrandt was the son of a miller near Leyden. He studied for three years under Jacob van Swanenburch, and was afterwards the pupil of Peter Lastman at Amsterdam, and of Jacob Pinas at Haarlem. In 1630, he settled in Amsterdam, where he died in 1669. Among his chief works are "The Anatomical Lesson," and "The Night Watch."

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