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Rembrandt
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Rembrandt, 1659; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Rembrandt returned to Leiden around 1625 following his training with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. Upon his return, he began his career as an independent painter, working closely with the artist Jan Lievens during the period spanning 1625 to 1631.12