Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Pictorial works; Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
1. House of the painter Pieter Lastman, the master of Rembrandt, in
the “St. Anthonie-breestraat.” In the same street was the house of
the dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh, with whom Rembrandt stayed during
the first years after his settlement in Amsterdam.
2. House in the “Doelenstraat” where Rembrandt lived in 1636 (see
plates _18_, _19_, _20_).
3. Part of the Amstel where Rembrandt seems to have lived towarda
1639.
4. House in the “St. Anthonie-breestraat” (now called
“Joden-breestraat,” No. 4) occupied and owned by Rembrandt from 1639
until 1658 (see _plate 16_). On the canal behind was the Synagogue
of his friend Menasseh-ben-Israel. The bridge and sluice seen on
_plate 17_ is the one between this red number and number 1.
5. House on the “Rosengracht” (now No. 184) where Rembrandt lived
during the last ten years of his life.
6. The “Bloemgracht” where Rembrandt is said to have used a
store-house as a studio, principally for his pupils, during his
first years in Amsterdam.
7. The place where Rembrandt’s son Titus lived, on the “Singel,”
opposite the apple-market, in 1668, during his short married life
(see _plate 11_).
8. House on the “Keizersgracht” (now No. 208) of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp,
the principal person in Rembrandt’s painting _The Anatomical
Lesson._ Next to him lived Dr. Aernout Tholinx, whose portrait was
etched and painted by Rembrandt.
9. House on the “Singel” (now Nos. 140-142) of Mr. F. Banning Cocq,
the Captain in Rembrandt’s masterwork, _The Night-watch_ (see _plate
23_).
10. House on the “Kloveniersburgwal” (now No. 47) in which
apparently lived Mr. Jan Six, a well-known and influential person in
Rembrandt’s life, whose painted and etched portraits count among
Rembrandt’s finest productions.
11. House in the “Kalverstraat” (now No. 10) of the print-dealer and
publisher Clement de Jonghe whose portrait Rembrandt etched.
12. The old St. Anthony-gate, in Rembrandt’s days Public
Weighing-House, and, on the first floor, the seat of the Surgeon’s
Guild, of which Dr. Tulp and Dr. Deyman were the foremen.
13. The “Doelen,” meeting-place of the Civic Guard, for which
Rembrandt’s _Nightwatch_ was painted. At its side the tower,
Swyght-Utrecht (see _plates 18_,_19_,_20_).
14. The Staalhof, the office for which Rembrandt executed his
celebrated picture known as _The Syndics._
15. The inn called De Keizers Kroon in the Kalverstraat (now No. 71)
where Rembrandt’s collections were sold at auction, after his
bankruptcy, in 1657 and 1658 (see _plate 22_).
16. The Dam, with the town-hall on the right and the Public
Weighing-House in the middle (see plates _2_,_3_,_4_).
17. The bridge called Grimnessesluis (see _plate 5_).
18. The St.
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