Happy Birthday, Rembrandt

Rembrandt, An Old Man in Military Costume (detail), 1631

Rembrandt van Rijn was born on this day in 1606.

Schama's masterful "Rembrandt" from his Power of Art series ...

Tracy Chevalier and Schama present their ideas on the depiction of the human condition in the works of Vermeer and Rembrandt, respectively ...