Rembrandt House Museum

The 17th century house in which Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 till 1658 is still in the Jodenbreestraat, in the old Jewish neigbourhood of Amsterdam.

This is also the house in which his son Titus was born and his wife Saskia prematurely died is also the place where he painted and made his designs.

Etchings and drawings

In 1911 the house became a museum housing most of all Rembrandt's etchings. It's a great experience to see these exhibited in the very same surroundings in which they where created. In the museum there are also a small number of his drawings as well as paintings by his pupils and his teacher.

Rembrandt's graphic work

In addition to his extensive oeuvre of paintings and drawings Rembrandt van Rijn also produced around 290 prints. His mastery in this field is undisputed; he is generally acknowledged as one of the great etchers - if not the greatest - of all time.

Rembrandt acquired a European reputation in his own lifetime precisely because of his graphic work which, because it could be reproduced, was much more widely seen than his paintings or drawings.

Rembrandt's free use of line, the unique deep black of many of his etchings and his masterly use of the drypoint were very popular and his work was much sought after by the many print collectors of the time.

Collection of the museum

The collection as it now stands provides an almost complete overview of Rembrandt's graphic work: 260 of the 290 etchings he made are represented.