The turning point of the great painter’s life Rembrandt’s misfortune came this year. He completed his masterpiece “Night Watch” that year, but did not receive the praises he expected. At that time, the flavors of Dutch towards painting were changing by the influences of Italian and French arts.
Rembrandt’s misfortune came this year. He completed his masterpiece “Night Watch” that year, but did not receive the praises he expected. At that time, the flavors of Dutch towards painting were changing by the influences of Italian and French arts. In comparison to the heavy shadow style which Rembrandt was good at, people were more interested in the elegant styles with soft colors. Therefore, people of portraits painting gradually reduced. Rembrandt started drawing religious paintings and hoped to perk up from the blow of losing his beloved wife and sought relief in religion.
Moreover, the lonely painter sought for comforts from the nanny of his young son. Because the nanny considered Titus as her own child, Rembrandt gave the precious gem his dead wife left to her, but he did not fall in love with her. Then the nanny began to urge him to marry with her, but found out that Rembrandt did not have the intention, so she howled in front of little Titus. Rembrandt was unbearable of this irascible and arrogant woman, but did not evict her out immediately because Titus was too young.
The exhausted Rembrandt came into Hendrickje who was 20 years younger than him. He was attracted by her personality and evicted the nanny out in 1649.
The angry nanny was unwilling, she charged Rembrandt with failing to perform the marriage. Although Rembrandt tolerated repeatedly, the nanny showed the gem Rembrandt gave her in the court and considered it as proof of marriage. As a result, the nanny won the lawsuit and Rembrandt had to pay her high alimony and pensions. This was an undoubtedly cruel judgment to Rembrandt who was trap in poverty and the portrait-painting customers were reducing and also had to pay for the installment of the house.
However, Rembrandt found that the nanny stole the gem from his home without authorization later, he sent her into a mental hospital firmly. Since then, there was just enmity between them. Under the support of kind Hendrickje, Rembrandt began to create after suffering such heavy blows and frustrations. However, if he married again, he could not inherit the legacy Saskia left. So he could not officially marry to Hendrickje because of debt. Nevertheless, she also gave birth to a lovely girl for him, the 48 years old Rembrandt was very happy then. He started to take Hendrickje as model like depicting Saskia and created some rustic works which indicated that his mind had restored. Hendrickje was not as beautiful as his wife, she was stocky, her hands and feet were thick. But she made Rembrandt feel her good-natured character when she was still active to soak in cold water and represented the gesture Rembrandt hoped although she was pregnant . Rembrandt was on the edge of bankruptcy in fact because of debt, the artworks he collected for many years were also forced to auction and the residence was force to sell, too.
When Rembrandt was 50, he and Hendrickje began operating an art company because of life force, Rembrandt served as the employee, so the works he created could be avoided from the duns.
Hendrickje helped Rembrandt went through the difficulties by his unique female tenderness and excellent management abilities. He moved into a narrow house with the children and started a new life and drew many historic and landscape paintings, mythological subjects again. However, when his paintings won reputations over seas and received praises at home again, Hendrickje died. This was such a heavy blow to Rembrandt and his love son Titus died five years later, too. All the people he loved left away from him one after another, he lost spirits and his old age was miserable and sad. Under the care of his only daughter, the 63 years old Rembrandt died one year later. All the glory successes of the past were all vanish into the air. The great painter was buried in the cemetery of Western Church, even without a personal tombstone.
Rembrandt never left the Netherlands in his whole life. Now his statue stands on the square majestically named after him in Amsterdam. The luxury residence on the verge of Canal where he spent happy times with Saskia is still well-preserved and opening to the outside world. Time pasts slowly, the red bricking building reflecting on the canal, has passed for three hundreds years, still flows quietly.
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