Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. He
was the eighth out of nine children. His dad was a miller, and so the family was
well off. He attended Latin school during his younger years, and enrolled at the
University of Leiden two months before his fourteenth birthday. There, he
learned the classics, such as grammar, roman mythology, and beginning drawing.
The university bored him, and he left it. Rembrandt became an apprentice to
Jacob van Swanenburgh for three years, and then switched to Pieter Lastman for
six months. The earliest surviving painting of Rembrandt’s is The Stoning of
Saint Stephen
was the eighth out of nine children. His dad was a miller, and so the family was
well off. He attended Latin school during his younger years, and enrolled at the
University of Leiden two months before his fourteenth birthday. There, he
learned the classics, such as grammar, roman mythology, and beginning drawing.
The university bored him, and he left it. Rembrandt became an apprentice to
Jacob van Swanenburgh for three years, and then switched to Pieter Lastman for
six months. The earliest surviving painting of Rembrandt’s is The Stoning of
Saint Stephen