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Rembrandt Trivia Quiz

Let´s see how much you know about the art and life of this great painter.

A multiple-choice quiz by MartinaN. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
MartinaN

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
351,384

Updated
Jan 02 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
380

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 174 (7/10), Guest 82 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Rembrandt´s full name? Hint

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Alfonz Harmenszoon Rembrandt

Rembrandt Jacopo van Haas

Piet Rembrandt van Noort

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following lines contains only words connected with Rembrandt´s life? Hint

World War I, portrait, sunflowers, Paris, solitude

Baroque, Amsterdam, portrait, Leiden, Saskia

Baroque, knitting, homosexuality, mirrors, landscape

"Nightwatch", Renaissance, Glasgow, Elizabeth, curls

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Question 3 of 10

3. Decide which of the following Rembrandt DID have. Hint

two wives at the same time

sclerosis multiplex

a collection of natural minerals

a summerhouse in Denmark

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following would be true to say Rembrandt was? Hint

a shopaholic

chess-obsessed

a homosexual

a schizophrenic

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Question 5 of 10

5. What´s the name of the technique often used by Rembrandt? Hint

torcello

edge-painting

chiaroscuro

dripping

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which painting is the earliest one? Hint

Hendrickje Bathing in a River

The Syndics of the Clothmaker's Guild

The Slaughtered Ox

The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following can NOT be seen in the painting "Nightwatch"? Hint

a mirror

a weapon

a drum

a hat

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many people are there (both living and dead) in the painting "The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp?"? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word could be used to describe Rembrant´s "Danae"? Hint

naked

sleeping

skinny

dead

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Question 10 of 10

10. At what age did Rembrandt die? Hint

90 years

33 years

63 years

28 years

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Rembrandt´s full name?

Answer: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was his full name. RIJN means the river Rhine, Rembrandt´s family came from the area of Rhine.

2. Which of the following lines contains only words connected with Rembrandt´s life?

Answer: Baroque, Amsterdam, portrait, Leiden, Saskia

Rembrandt was a painter of BAROQUE period, born in LEIDEN, Netherlands, but he later moved to AMSTERDAM, where he also died. As subjects he took PORTRAITS, landscape, narrative paintings... SASKIA was his first wife, until she died of tuberculosis.

3. Decide which of the following Rembrandt DID have.

Answer: a collection of natural minerals

He kept buying very random things during the "shopaholic period" of his life. Among other weird objects he possessed also a collection of natural minerals or busts of Roman emperors.

4. Which of the following would be true to say Rembrandt was?

Answer: a shopaholic

As mentioned previously, at a certain period of his life Rembrandt really did become a shopaholic and kept buying all weird, random stuff.

5. What´s the name of the technique often used by Rembrandt?

Answer: chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro means clear tonal contrast. It originated during the Renaissance and became popular during the 16th century in Mannerism and Baroque art. (Torcello is an island in Italy, nothing to do with art.) :)

6. Which painting is the earliest one?

Answer: The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

"The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" was made in 1632 and now it´s housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands.

7. Which of the following can NOT be seen in the painting "Nightwatch"?

Answer: a mirror

Most of the men are wearing hats, some of them are holding weapons, there is even a man drumming, but there´s no mirror in the picture.

8. How many people are there (both living and dead) in the painting "The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp?"?

Answer: 9

There´s the dead body, one person anatomizing and seven onlookers, so there are exactly nine persons in the painting.

9. What word could be used to describe Rembrant´s "Danae"?

Answer: naked

Far from being skinny, she´s is awake, alive and naked! "Danae" is Rembrandt's life-sized painting of the character from Greek mythology. The original model for the painting was Rembrandt´s wife Saskia, but later he changed the face to that of his mistress, Geertje Dircx.

10. At what age did Rembrandt die?

Answer: 63 years

He died as 63 years old on October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam.

Source: Author MartinaN

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