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Rembrandt
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Rembrandt, 1659; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Rembrandt’s parents did not come from a background of artists or craftsmen. His father, Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn (1568–1630), worked as a miller. His mother, Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuytbrouck (1568–1640), came from a family of bakers.1