Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch artist widely regarded as one of the greatest painters in history. He is best known for golden-hued depictions of biblical, mythological, and vernacular scenes such as The Night Watch (1642). “A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god,” he once said. Born Rembrandt Harmenszoonon van Rijn on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands, Rembrandt apprenticed to a number of masters before opening his first studio sometime between 1624 and 1625. Though he never traveled abroad he studied the works of Northern artist that had adopted the chiaroscuro of Caravaggio, such as Gerrit van Honthorst. By the time he moved to Amsterdam in 1631, he was already a successful portraitist, allowing him and...