Rembrandt

This richly illustrated and authoritative volume introduces the reader to the full and extraordinary range of Rembrandt's work. Born in 1606 in the town of Leiden, he was a child of the newly-independent Netherlands, which had renounced allegiance to the Spanish king, Philip II, only 25 years before. During Rembrandt's lifetime the young confederation experienced a flowering of cultural and commercial activity which is often referred to as a Golden Age.