As a young painter in Leiden, Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn signed his canvases with a monogram, but once he hit his stride in Amsterdam he began signing his work as we ...

He had made his success with portraits, but Rembrandt preferred to paint religious subjects, which failed to interest Calvinist Amsterdam. Before his death, Rembrandt devoted 600 known drawings ...

The Night Watch will feature in an exhibition marking 350 years since Rembrandt van Rijn's death. The Night Watch was supposed to be a group portrait - a pretty popular form of art in the Dutch ...