Rembrandt Harmenszoon 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. 16 of 46 lots (35% 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 Harmenszoon van Rijn: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1630s	2	2	$2.2kSign up	Etching
1640s	13	7	$1.7kSign up	Etching
1650s	1	1	$100Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1630s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 4.5 in (13 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2)
Subjects: —

1631 Rembrandts Mutter mit orientalischer Kopfbedeckung$563Sign up
1635 The Crucifixion$3.8kSign up

1640s 13 works

Sold: 7 of 13
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $43.8kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Etching (10), Other (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

1641 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Der Engel verläßt die Familie des Tobias$923Sign up
1642 THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (SMALL PLATE)$1.7kSign up
1642 Der FlötenspielerUnsold
1643 THE THREE TREES (B., HOLL. 212; NEW HOLL. 214; H. 205), 1643$292kSign up
1643 Die Landschaft mit den drei Bäumen$283Sign up
1646 Sitzender nackter Mann, ein Bein ausgestreckt$2.2kSign up
1647 Der Bürgermeister Six am Fenster$78Sign up
1647 L'artista disegna dal modelloUnsold
1647 L'artista disegna dal modelloUnsold
1647 Der Bürgermeister Six am FensterUnsold
1647 Bürgermeister Six am FensterUnsold
1648 Selbstbildnis zeichnendUnsold

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1649 The Hundred Guilder Print$9.4kSign up

1650s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $100Sign up
Average: $100Sign up
Typical size: 5 × 12.5 in (12 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1651 Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt, Landschaft mit Bäumen, Bauernhäusern und Turm$100Sign up

Creation date not recorded

30 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 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $165Sign up
Average: $164Sign up
Typical size: 7 × 6.5 in (18 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Etching (9)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2006 Christus und Frau am BrunnenUnsold
sold 2009 Der Rattengiftverkäufer$118Sign up
sold 2009 Christus heilt die Kranken$147Sign up
sold 2009 Der alte Haaring$196Sign up
sold 2009 Christus und die Samariterin$182Sign up
sold 2009 Die Landschaft mit Hütte und Heuschober$196Sign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2009 Die Windmühle$168Sign up
sold 2009 Christus und die Jünger von Emmaus$140Sign up
sold 2009 Die Hütte hinter dem Plankenzaun/$161Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 16 works

Sold: 10 of 16
Median: $132Sign up
Average: $265Sign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10 in (26 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Etching (7), Print (other) (3), Oil (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2010 Christus heilt die Kranken$340Sign up
sold 2010 Rembrandts Mutter mit Schwarzem Schleier$138Sign up
sold 2010 Christus heilt die Kranken$96Sign up
sold 2011 Landschaft mit dem Milchmann$335Sign up
sold 2011 Der barmherzige Samariter$126Sign up
sold 2012 Der Kanal mit den beiden SchwänenUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 L'artista disegna dal modelloUnsold
sold 2016 Fünf Reproduktionsgrafiken. Um 1900 -1. H. 20. Jh$90Sign up
sold 2016 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn/ Albrecht Dürer, Fünf Reichsdrucke$68Sign up
sold 2017 Hermann Doomer, Rahmenmacher$78Sign up
sold 2018 Woman Sitting Half–Dressed Beside a StoveUnsold
sold 2018 Selbstbildnis mit FederbarrettUnsold

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 1 of 5
Median: $199Sign up
Average: $199Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 6 in (21 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Oil (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 UntitledUnsold
sold 2022 Porträt von Rembrandt$199Sign up
sold 2023 Vecchio barbutoResult not published
sold 2023 Beggar Woman Leaning on a StickResult not published
sold 2024 Il mantello di Giuseppe portato a GiacobbeResult not published

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 Harmenszoon van Rijn auction results →