# Rembrandt's most famous paintings

The Dutch master's best-known works, from The Night Watch to his late self-portraits, as picked by Artnet, Daily Art and other art guides.

- 99 votes · 16 items
- Nov 11, 2021 · pageturner_salty
- https://even.best/en/l/2379/rembrandt-s-most-famous-paintings

## Top 16

1. **The Night Watch** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1642. A militia company bursting into action. Rijksmuseum.
2. **The Return of the Prodigal Son** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — c. 1668. For many critics his greatest work. Hermitage.
3. **The Storm on the Sea of Galilee** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1633. His only seascape, stolen from the Gardner Museum in 1990.
4. **The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1632. The group portrait that made him famous in Amsterdam. Mauritshuis.
5. **Bathsheba at Her Bath** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1654. His most renowned nude. Louvre.
6. **Syndics of the Drapers' Guild** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1662. Six men look up as if interrupted. Rijksmuseum.
7. **Self-Portrait at the Age of 34** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1640. Confident and elegant. National Gallery, London.
8. **Danaë** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1636. Damaged by an attacker in 1985 and restored. Hermitage.
9. **The Blinding of Samson** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1636. His most violent scene. Städel, Frankfurt.
10. **The Jewish Bride** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — c. 1665-1669. Two lovers, one tender gesture. Rijksmuseum.
11. **Self-Portrait with Two Circles** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — c. 1665-1669. The old painter with brushes and palette. Kenwood House.
12. **Saskia as Flora** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1634. His wife dressed as the goddess of spring. Hermitage.
13. **Belshazzar's Feast** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — c. 1635-1638. The writing on the wall. National Gallery, London.
14. **Aristotle with a Bust of Homer** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1653. Once the most expensive painting ever sold. The Met.
15. **Portrait of Jan Six** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — 1654. Painted with loose, fast brushstrokes; still owned by the Six family.
16. **The Artist in His Studio** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — c. 1628. A tiny painter facing a huge canvas. Boston.

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