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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 were Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn (1568–1630), who worked as a miller, and Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuytbrouck (1568–1640), who came from a family of bakers. Unlike many other painters of his era, Rembrandt did not come from a family of artists or craftsmen.1