Monday, 15 July 2013

Rembrandt Google Doodle


Google has dedicated a doodle to Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn on the ocassion of his 407th birth anniversary. Born on July 15, 1606, Rembrandt is one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history.

Recognised as one of the greatest and most humane of all portraitists, Rembrandt produced such famous works as The Night Watch and The Anatomy Lesson of Nicholaes Tulp. The doodle features one of Rembrandt's self portraits painted in 1659.

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