Rembrandt House
In the house on the Jodenbreestraat, Rembrandt van Rijn worked with the same hands that made Dutch Golden Age painting so recognizable today. Between 1639 and 1658, this building was both his home and the place where he ran his studio and art dealership. The property had been built around 1606 and then renovated around 1627, likely under the supervision of Jacob van Campen, when an extra floor and a new facade with a triangular pediment were added. Rembrandt bought it on 5 January 1639 for thirteen thousand guilders; after his bankruptcy, it was auctioned in 1658 and sold for eleven thousand guilders. By the early 1900s the house was in poor condition. During the Rembrandt Year in 1906 it was purchased in 1907 by the municipality of Amsterdam and donated to the Rembrandthuis foundation, then restored between 1907 and 1911 by Karel de Bazel. …
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