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According to Rembrandt’s first biographer, Jan Jansz. Orlers (1570–1646), the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century was born in Leiden on 15 July 1606, the ninth child of the miller Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn (1568–1630) and the baker’s daughter Neeltje Willemsdr van Suydtbrouck (ca.

1568–1640).¹ The painter grew up in the Weddesteeg, across from his father’s mill. He attended the Latin school in Leiden, and his parents enrolled him in the University of Leiden when he was fourteen, “so that upon reaching adulthood he could use his knowledge for the service of his city and the benefit of the community at large.”² This, however, did not come to pass, for Rembrandt’s ambitions lay elsewhere, “his natural inclination being for painting and drawing only.”³ His parents took him out of school in 1621, allowing him to follow his passion.

They apprenticed him to Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh (1571–1638