Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
荷兰最伟大的画家——伦勃朗·哈尔曼松·凡·莱因

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative.
伦勃朗·哈尔曼松·凡·莱因(1606—1669)，荷兰画家和蚀刻师，通常被认为是欧洲艺术史上最伟大的画家和版画家之一以及荷兰历史上最重要的人物。他的艺术贡献产生于历史学家口中的“荷兰黄金时代”，当时荷兰的财富积累和文化成就处于鼎盛时期，且“荷兰黄金时代”的绘画作品极为丰富且创新程度高，尽管这与当时统领欧洲的巴洛克艺术在很多方面处于对立状态。

Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity. In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical iconography, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience. Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called “one of the great prophets of civilization”.
伦勃朗年轻时从事肖像绘画，取得了成功，但后来他的人生非常不幸，在经济上也很困难。然而在他一生中，伦勃朗创作的蚀刻版画和绘画都很受欢迎，作为艺术家他享有很高的声誉，并在二十年的时间里教授了很多重要的荷兰画家。伦勃朗最卓越的创造力尤其体现在他对同时代人的肖像绘画、自画像和圣经场景插画上。他的自画像构成了一部独特、详尽的自传，伦勃朗用真诚的心态审视自我，没有任何虚荣心。伦勃朗通过绘画和印刷品展示了自己在古典肖像方面的造诣，并对其进行塑造，以适合个人经验的需求。因为伦勃朗对于人类的境况能够感同身受，他被称为“最伟大的文明先知”。