Over the Christmas holidays I was in Amsterdam, and paid a visit to the Rembrandt House Museum. The image above shows the salon where he displayed works by his contemporaries.
Rembrandt moved there in the middle of his career, at the height of success. That year he was commissioned to paint one of his most renowned paintings, The Night Watch. He lived in the house for about fifteen years, until about ten years before his death.
It is a wonderful historic house and fascinating art museum, providing:
- an insight into 17th century life
- an insight into Rembrandt's artistic practice
- a significant collection of Rembrandt's etchings of Bible stories