What is "rembrandt"

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 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 and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative, and gave rise to important new genres in painting.

Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's 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 most notably in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.

In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical iconography, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of Amsterdam's Jewish population. Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization."

Rembrandt (1606–1669) was a renowned Dutch painter. The name may be also refer to:

In film and television:

• Rembrandt (1936 film), a 1936 film about the painter, starring Charles Laughton
• Rembrandt (1942 film), a 1942 German-language film about the painter
• Rembrandt (1999 film) a 1999 film
• Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait, a 1954 short documentary film
• Stealing Rembrandt, a Danish film whose Danish title is Rembrandt
• Rembrandt Brown, a character on the American science fiction television series Sliders
• Rembrandt, a fictional gang member in the 1979 film, The Warriors

In the arts:

• Rembrandt Bugatti (1884–1916), Italian sculptor
• Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), an American Neoclassical painter
• The Rembrandts, an American pop-rock band

Other uses:

• Rembrandt Group, a South African tobacco and industrial company founded by Anton Rupert
• Rembrandt, Iowa, a city in the United States
• Rembrandt (crater), an impact basin on Mercury
• Rembrandt toothpaste, dental cosmetics line
• SS Rembrandt, a 1959-built ocean liner
• Rembrandt (horse), an Olympic-level dressage horse
• Rembrandt (train), a European train service launched in 1967

Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.

' Rembrandt ' is a 1940 Dutch film directed by Gerard Rutten. It portrays the life of the Dutch artist Rembrandt (1606-1669). He had previously been played by Charles Laughton in the 1936 film Rembrandt. A 1942 German film was also made, starring Ewald Balser.

Rembrandt is a large impact crater on Mercury. With a diameter of 715 km it is the second-largest impact basin on the planet, after Caloris, and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. It was discovered by MESSENGER during its second flyby of Mercury on October 6, 2008. The crater is 3.9 billion years old, and was created during the period of Late Heavy Bombardment. The density and size distribution of impact craters along Rembrandt's rim indicate that it is one of the youngest impact basins on Mercury.

The crater is named after Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.

Rembrandt is a 1942 German historical drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen and Aribert Wäscher. It was based on the novel Zwischen Hell und Dunkel by Valerian Tornius and depicts the life of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.

Rembrandt (15 March 1977 – 30 October 2001) was a dark bay Westphalian gelding ridden for Germany by Nicole Uphoff in dressage competitions. Together, the pair won four Olympic gold medals, three gold and one silver World Equestrian Games medals, and numerous other international championships. Although known as a sensitive horse prone to spookiness, Rembrandt's elegance and expression in the ring allowed him to become one of the top horses in the sport of dressage.

The Rembrandt was an express train that linked Amsterdam in the Netherlands, with Munich in Germany and later Chur in Switzerland. The train was named after the renowned Dutch painter Rembrandt. For its first 16 years it was a first-class-only Trans Europ Express, becoming a two-class InterCity in 1983 and finally a EuroCity in 1987.