Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait

Paintings and etchings of Rembrandt are used in revealing his life and career. Describes Rembrandt's early success as a fashionable portrait painter in Amsterdam and explains how his uncompromising devotion to realism cost him his reputation. Discusses the many personal disappointments of Rembrandt's later years, including failure of his contemporaries to acclaim his greatest masterpieces.

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26 minutes

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1954

Director:

Morrie Roizman

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Encyclopedia Brittanica Films

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