List of things named after Rembrandt
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) is one of the most famous artists in history.*{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rembrandts-journey |author=Solman, Paul |quote=Paul Solman (2006): "[Rembrandt] the most famous brand name in western art. In America alone it graces toothpaste, bracelet charms, restaurant and bars, countertops and of course the town of Rembrandt, Iowa just halfway around the world from the Rembrandt Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand." |title=Rembrandt's Journey |publisher=PBS.org |date=21 June 2004 |access-date=19 August 2019 }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/an-interview-with-stephanie-dickey-author-of-rembrandt-at-400-140522969/#WdpMp33EXQJKOY3r.99 |author=Crawford, Amy |title=An Interview with Stephanie Dickey, author of "Rembrandt at 400" |work=Smithsonian Magazine |date=12 December 2006 |quote=Stephanie Dickey (2006): "One thing that really surprises me is the extent to which Rembrandt exists as a phenomenon in pop culture. You have this musical group call the Rembrandts, who wrote the theme song to Friends—"I'll Be There For You." There are Rembrandt restaurants, Rembrandt hotels, art supplies and other things that are more obvious. But then there's Rembrandt toothpaste. Why on Earth would somebody name a toothpaste after this artist who's known for his really dark tonalities? It doesn't make a lot of sense. But I think it's because his name has become synonymous with quality. It's even a verb—there's a term in underworld slang, "to be Rembrandted," which means to be framed for a crime. And people in the cinema world use it to mean pictorial effects that are overdone. He's just everywhere, and people who don't know anything, who wouldn't recognize a Rembrandt painting if they tripped over it, you say the name Rembrandt and they already know that this is a great artist. He's become a synonym for greatness." |access-date=10 October 2018 }}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/algis-valiunas/looking-at-rembrandt |author=Valiunas, Algis |title=Looking at Rembrandt |quote=Algis Valiunas (2006): "Alongside Leonardo and Michelangelo, Rembrandt is one of the three most famous artists ever, with whom the public is on a first-name basis; and the name Rembrandt has lent the cachet of greatness and the grace of familiarity to sell everything from kitchen countertops to whitening toothpaste to fancy hotels in Bangkok and Knightsbridge." |work=The Weekly Standard |date=25 December 2006 |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216195352/https://www.weeklystandard.com/algis-valiunas/looking-at-rembrandt |url-status=dead }}
- Golahny, Amy (2001), '[https://www.academia.edu/11872097/Use_and_Misuse_of_Rembrandt_Dutch_Crossing_2001 The Use and Misuse of Rembrandt: An Overview of Popular Reception],'. Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies 25(2): 305–322
- {{cite web|url=https://www.cecilbdemille.com/legacy/ |author=Cecil B. De Mille Foundation |title=The Legacy of Cecil B. DeMille |work=Cecil B. De Mille Foundation (cecilbdemille.com) |quote="In The Film Daily's biographical sketches of directors (July 1, 1928), DeMille was already being credited with “the first developments in lighting and photography.” While shooting The Warrens of Virginia (1915), DeMille had experimented with lighting instruments borrowed from a Los Angeles Opera House. When business partner Sam Goldwyn saw a scene in which only half an actor's face was illuminated, he feared the exhibitors would pay only half the price for the picture. DeMille remonstrated that it was Rembrandt lighting. “Sam's reply was jubilant with relief,” recalled DeMille. “For Rembrandt lighting the exhibitors would pay double!”" |access-date=1 November 2018 }}
- Rivette, Kevin G.; Kline, David: Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
- Sax, Joseph L.: Playing Darts with a Rembrandt: Public and Private Rights in Cultural Treasures. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999, {{ISBN|0-472-11044-6}})
- Laszlo, Andrew; Quicke, Andrew: Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography. (Boston: Focal Press, 2000)
- Amore, Anthony; Mashberg, Tom: Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, {{ISBN|9780230108530}})
- Bush, George W.: Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors. (New York: Crown Publishers, 2017, {{ISBN|9780804189767}}), p. 12. In George W. Bush's own words, "I told Laura and our artist friend Pam Nelson that I might like to take up painting. They were surprised — I had been an art-agnostic all my life. Laura said, “You ought to try it.” It seemed like she was slightly skeptical. Pam suggested I hire her friend Gail Norfleet, a notable and talented Dallas artist, as my instructor. Several days later, Gail came over to the house and asked me what my objectives were. “Gail, there's a Rembrandt trapped in this body,” I told her. “Your job is to liberate him.”"
The following is a list of things named after Rembrandt.
Arts
Places, buildings, structures, and monuments
- Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
- Rembrandtpark, Amsterdam
- Rembrandt, Iowa, USA
- Rembrandt Tower, Amsterdam
- Rembrandt Hall, Keeseville, New York
- Rembrandt Gardens, Tampa, Florida
- Rembrandt Garden, City of Westminster, London
- The Rembrandt Hotel, London
- The Rembrandt, 31 Jane Street, Manhattan, New York
- Rembrandt Street, Petervale, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
- Rembrandt Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Rembrandt Ridge, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Rembrandt Street, Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
- Rembrandt Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Avenue Rembrandt, Côte-Saint-Luc, Quebec, Canada
- Rue Rembrandt, Paris, France
- Rembrandt Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
- Rembrandt's Restaurant and Bar, Fairmount, Philadelphia
Other uses
- Rembrandt (crater), an impact basin on Mercury
- Rembrandt (horse), an Olympic-level dressage horse
- Rembrandt (train), a European train service launched in 1967
- SS Rembrandt, a 1959-built ocean liner (1997–2003)
- S/V Rembrandt van Rijn, a 1924-built tall ship (since 1995)
- Rembrandt toothpaste, an American dental cosmetics line
- Rembrandt Films, an American production company founded by William L. Snyder
- Rembrandt Group, officially known as Rembrandt Trust Limited, a South African tobacco and industrial company founded by Anton Rupert
- Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc., also known as Rembrandt Foods, an American company based in Okoboji, Iowa
- The Rembrandts, an American pop-rock band
- Z7 Operation Rembrandt, a 1966 German-Italian-Spanish film
- Rembrandt Institute for Cardiovascular Science, a Dutch scientific collaboration
- REMBRANDT (REpository for Molecular BRAin Neoplasia DaTa), a cancer clinical genomics database and a Web-based data mining
See also
- Rembrandt Peale
- Rembrandt Bugatti
- Rembrandt C. Robinson
- Rembrandt Brown
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, dubbed "the Rembrandt of architecture"
- Milton Caniff, dubbed "the Rembrandt of the comic strip"
- Thomas Carlyle, dubbed "the Rembrandt of English prose"
- Cultural depictions of Rembrandt
- List of works about Rembrandt