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Events on Friday 4 October 1669 2
1606 – 1669RembrandtDutch Golden Age · NetherlandsRembrandt van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, master of light and shadow, and one of the greatest portraitists and storytellers in art history. The Night Watch is his most celebrated work.
1669Rembrandt diesBuried in an unmarked graveRembrandt died on October 4, 1669, aged 63, poor and largely forgotten by the fashionable art world. He was buried in an unmarked rented grave in the Westerkerk, Amsterdam. His son Titus had died the previous year.