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Rembrandt van Rijn
1606–1669
Rembrandt van Rijn (Born Leiden, 15 July 1606; d Amsterdam, 4 October 1669). Dutch painter, etcher, and draughtsman, his country's greatest artist. The son of a prosperous miller, he attended Leiden's Latin school before registering at the city's university in 1620, but he probably never actually studied there.
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)