18 moments

1. Birth in Leiden

   1606-07-15 · Leiden, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt was born in Leiden, the city in which he spent his childhood and began his artistic training. The source identifies Leiden but not a birth-house address; coordinates represent the city centre.

2. Enrolled at Leiden University

   1620-01-01 · Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt was enrolled at Leiden University before leaving academic study to pursue painting. Coordinates identify the historic university area; the source does not specify a particular university building.

3. Apprenticeship under Jacob van Swanenburg

   1621-01-01 · Leiden, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt trained under the Leiden painter Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburg for three years, beginning a formative period of artistic instruction in his native city. The source supports a 1621–1623 training period; 1621 records its beginning. Exact workshop location is not specified.

4. Return to Leiden

   1624-01-01 · Leiden, Netherlands

   

   After his Amsterdam training, Rembrandt returned to Leiden and developed his early reputation as a history painter and portraitist. The source dates the preceding Amsterdam departure to 1624; it does not give a more precise date for the return.

5. Study with Pieter Lastman

   1624-01-01 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt travelled to Amsterdam for a six-month apprenticeship with the history painter Pieter Lastman. The source gives Amsterdam but not Lastman's workshop address; coordinates represent the city centre.

6. Shared studio with Jan Lievens

   1625-01-01 · Leiden, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt established an independent studio in Leiden with Jan Lievens, marking the start of his professional career there. The studio's street address is not specified; coordinates represent Leiden city centre.

7. Teaching first pupils

   1627-01-01 · Leiden, Netherlands

   

   While operating his Leiden studio, Rembrandt began accepting pupils, including Gerrit Dou and Isaac de Jouderville. The source places his studio activity in Leiden but does not identify its exact location.

8. Living and working with Hendrick Uylenburgh

   1631-01-01 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   In Amsterdam, Rembrandt lived and worked at the studio of art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh, producing portraits during this early Amsterdam period. The cited source identifies Amsterdam but not the studio's address; coordinates represent the city centre.

9. Move to Amsterdam

   1631-01-01 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

   

   Rembrandt relocated from Leiden to Amsterdam, where he launched the highly successful portrait practice that transformed his career. The source supports late 1631 but not a specific day or month.

10. Marriage to Saskia van Uylenburgh

    1634-01-01 · Parish church site, Sint Annaparochie, Friesland, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh in the local church at Sint Annaparochie, a significant journey beyond his Leiden-Amsterdam orbit. The seventeenth-century church was later replaced; coordinates represent Sint Annaparochie rather than the lost original church building.

11. Residence on Nieuwe Doelenstraat

    1635-01-01 · Nieuwe Doelenstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    A year after his marriage, Rembrandt and Saskia were living together on Nieuwe Doelenstraat, where Rembrandt had his own studio. The source gives the street but not a house number; coordinates represent Nieuwe Doelenstraat.

12. Move to Vlooienburg

    1637-01-01 · Vlooienburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt moved upriver to Vlooienburg, in a building located on the later site of Amsterdam's Stopera complex. The original building no longer survives; coordinates represent the documented Stopera-site reference point.

13. Residence and work at Jodenbreestraat

    1639-01-01 · Rembrandt House, Jodenbreestraat 4, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt lived and worked in the Jodenbreestraat house for roughly nineteen years; it was the principal residence and workshop of his mature career. This card records the beginning of the documented 1639–1658 residence-and-work period.

14. Move to the Breestraat house

    1639-05-01 · Rembrandt House, Jodenbreestraat 4, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt and Saskia moved into the recently modernised house on the Breestraat, now associated with the Rembrandt House Museum at Jodenbreestraat. The historic Breestraat is now Jodenbreestraat; coordinates identify the surviving Rembrandt House site.

15. Final residence on Rozengracht

    1658-01-01 · Rozengracht, Jordaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt lived in relatively modest Rozengracht accommodation for the rest of his life after financial collapse forced him from the Jodenbreestraat house. The source does not provide a month for the move; the 1658 date follows the documented sale and move that year.

16. Move to Rozengracht lodgings

    1658-02-01 · Rozengracht 184, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    After foreclosure of his house, Rembrandt and his family moved to more modest lodgings on Amsterdam's Rozengracht. The address 184 is associated with the lodgings in the article's caption; the historic house no longer survives.

17. Death in Amsterdam

    1669-10-04 · Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Rembrandt died in Amsterdam at age sixty-three, ending a career that had been centred in the city since 1631. The source identifies Amsterdam but not the exact death address; coordinates represent the city centre.

18. Burial in Westerkerk

    1669-10-08 · Westerkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    

    Four days after his death, Rembrandt was buried in a rented grave in Amsterdam's Westerkerk. This records Rembrandt's physical remains at burial; the original rented grave no longer survives.