Abstract
This essay will discuss Rembrandt van Rijn's (1606-1669) history paintings in the years of Leiden (1606-1630). In the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries, people took the historia (history painting) as the supreme achievement of the painter. Historical paintings came to embody all the moral worth which could be realized through command of beauty, expression and significance. It was the most ambitious and most difficult category of works the painter can attempt at that time. The painter's visualization of the words is the history painting, and it must be eloquent and hold the attention of both the senses and the mind of the spectator. In 1609, the Dutch Republic and Spain signed the Twelve Years' Truce. As peace prevailed, it created an opportunity for the Dutch Republic to become richer and and more powerful. Rembrandt made the critical decision to become an artist instead of being a military officer. He started his art and history lessons from his teachers, Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg (1571-1638) and Pieter Lastman (1583-1633). Pieter Lastman was a famous history painter in Amsterdam, and manifested powerful influence over Rembrandt's history paintings. The last part of this essay will discuss how Rembrandt attempted to create his own style of history painting from imitating Lastman's work.
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