Where can you see Rembrandt in Amsterdam?

At the Rijksmuseum: The Night Watch, The Jewish Bride, The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild and The Denial of Saint Peter. At the Rembrandt House Museum: The etchings. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Rembrandt's most famous work in Amsterdam?

The Night Watch, of 1642, at the Rijksmuseum. The militia company of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq setting out, its men caught in movement and in a shifting light, with a girl in gold among them. It has a room of its own at the end of the Gallery of Honour.

When and where was Rembrandt born?

On 15 July 1606, at Leiden, Netherlands. Rembrandt died on 4 October 1669, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged about 63.

What is Rembrandt known for?

The Night Watch, of 1642, is the heart of the Rijksmuseum. He lived in the house on the Jodenbreestraat from 1639 to 1658. He is buried in the Westerkerk, in a grave that has been lost. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.

Painter, 1606 to 1669

Rembrandt

Rembrandt came to Amsterdam in his twenties and never left. He painted its militia companies and its merchants, lived in a grand house he could not pay for, and died in a rented one on the Rozengracht. Everything you need to see him whole is here.

Born: 1606, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: 1669, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Movement: Dutch Golden Age
In Amsterdam: 5 works in 2 museums

Where to see Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Rijksmuseum4 works

The Night Watch
1642
The militia company of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq setting out, its men caught in movement and in a shifting light, with a girl in gold among them. It has a room of its own at the end of the Gallery of Honour.
The Jewish Bride
about 1665 to 1669
A couple, perhaps as Isaac and Rebecca, his hand laid on her breast and hers on his, painted in thick strokes of red and gold. Van Gogh said he would give ten years of his life to sit in front of it for a fortnight.
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
1662
Five officials of the cloth trade and their servant at a table, looking up as if someone had just come in. The last of his group portraits.
The Denial of Saint Peter
1660
A maid holds a candle to Peter's face and asks whether he was with Jesus, and he denies it, while soldiers wait in the dark.

Rembrandt House Museum1 work

The etchings
1620s to 1660s
The museum owns an almost complete set of his etchings and shows a changing choice of them, in the house where he made many of them.

The life of Rembrandt

Rembrandt moved from Leiden to Amsterdam in the early 1630s and quickly became the city's most fashionable portrait painter. In 1639 he bought the house on the Jodenbreestraat, now the Rembrandt House, and three years later painted The Night Watch for the hall of the musketeers.

His fortunes fell, and after his bankruptcy he moved to the Jordaan, where he painted the Syndics and The Jewish Bride. The Rijksmuseum has The Night Watch and the great late pictures, and the Rembrandt House almost all his etchings.

What to know

The Night Watch, of 1642, is the heart of the Rijksmuseum
He lived in the house on the Jodenbreestraat from 1639 to 1658
He is buried in the Westerkerk, in a grave that has been lost

Born: 15 July 1606, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: 4 October 1669, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rembrandt: common questions

Where can you see Rembrandt in Amsterdam?: At the Rijksmuseum: The Night Watch, The Jewish Bride, The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild and The Denial of Saint Peter. At the Rembrandt House Museum: The etchings. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Rembrandt's most famous work in Amsterdam?: The Night Watch, of 1642, at the Rijksmuseum. The militia company of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq setting out, its men caught in movement and in a shifting light, with a girl in gold among them. It has a room of its own at the end of the Gallery of Honour.
When and where was Rembrandt born?: On 15 July 1606, at Leiden, Netherlands. Rembrandt died on 4 October 1669, at Amsterdam, Netherlands, aged about 63.
What is Rembrandt known for?: The Night Watch, of 1642, is the heart of the Rijksmuseum. He lived in the house on the Jodenbreestraat from 1639 to 1658. He is buried in the Westerkerk, in a grave that has been lost. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.