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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn: career timeline

Dutch · 1606–1669 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 362 of 462 lots (78% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1620s1111$8.7kSign upEtching
1630s139121$7kSign upEtching
1640s10491$7.2kSign upEtching
1650s10688$9.1kSign upEtching
1660s22$1.2kSign upEtching

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Enter what you know about a work by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1620s 11 works

Sold
11 of 11
Median
$8.7kSign up
Average
$8.6kSign up
Typical size
4 × 3 in (10 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Etching (9), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)

1630s 139 works

Sold
121 of 139
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$12.1kSign up
Typical size
4.5 × 4 in (12 × 10 cm)
Mediums
Etching (137), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (23), Rivers & marshes (3)
Show 12 more (1630s)

…and 115 more works from this group in the full results list.

1640s 104 works

Sold
91 of 104
Median
$7.2kSign up
Average
$21kSign up
Typical size
6 × 5.5 in (15 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Etching (98), Other (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (10), Landscapes (2), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (1640s)

…and 80 more works from this group in the full results list.

1650s 106 works

Sold
88 of 106
Median
$9.1kSign up
Average
$57.4kSign up
Typical size
5 × 5.5 in (12 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Etching (100), Drypoint (4), Other (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Sunsets & night (5), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 12 more (1650s)

…and 82 more works from this group in the full results list.

1660s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
5 × 4 in (12 × 10 cm)
Mediums
Etching (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

100 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$3.4kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 5 in (17 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Etching (3)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 45 works

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45 of 45
Median
$15.1kSign up
Average
$36.9kSign up
Typical size
1.5 × 1 in (4 × 3 cm)
Mediums
Other (44), Etching (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 52 works

Sold
35 of 52
Median
$11.9kSign up
Average
$22.6kSign up
Typical size
7 × 9 in (18 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Other (37), Etching (13), Drypoint (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 40 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn auction results →