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OCR: Rembrandtvar Rijn: (1609- 1669) Dutch painter o religious and historical scenes whose early career was in- fluenced by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens Van Gogh may have appreciated that Rembrandt was able r assert his unique and personal style only after rmoving from provincial Leyden Amsterdam His wark though often commissioned the Dutch bourgeoisie, WAS always invested with drama and historical grandeur ex- pressing Rembrandt's faith that the visual artist was the equal of businessmen in8 society devoted to commerre Like Rembrandt Van Gogh executed series of candid self- portraits throughout his career Until 1877 Rem- brandt's paintings hung in Amsterdam at the Trippenhuis Museum where they were much admired bv nineteenth- century painters like Van Gogh who identified with the ld rm ...