Rembrandt Van Rijn - A Self - Portrait
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Uses Rembrandt's self-portraits to depict his life from the time he was a young cavalier to when he was an old man. Explains that he was one of Holland's most popular portrait painters, but gave up fame and wealth to follow his true artistic inclinations. , With teacher's guideAnother version (35 mm.) released by Distributors Corp. of America in 1954 under the title Rembrandt; a self portraitPaintings and etchings of Rembrandt are used in revealing his life and career. Describes Rembrandt's early success as a fashionable portrait painter in Amsterdam and explains how his uncompromising devotion to realism cost him his reputation. Discusses the many personal disappointments of Rembrandt's later years, including the failure of his contemporaries to acclaim his greatest masterpieces
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From his sketches, self portraits, and paintings, a graphic biography and a record of his world and time are shown.
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