Question

The famous Dutch painter whose qualities included glowing light against dark backgrounds and truthful rendering of his subjects was: Jan Vermeer Rembrandt Peter Paul Rubens Anthony van Dyck

Answer 1

Rembrandt

Step-by-step explanation:

Rembrandt Hermanszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) was born in Leiden, the Netherlands. Son of the wealthy owner of a mill, at 14 he entered the university. However, due to his strong vocation for the fine arts, he abandoned his studies to become one of the greatest names in art history.

In the first three years of his career, Rembrandt was apprenticed to Jacob Swanenburgh, a Leiden painter. At 18, he moved to Amsterdam, the capital of the country, to study with master Pieter Lastman, an influential Dutch artist of the time. Lastman had studied in Italy and it was he who introduced the young Rembrandt to chiaroscuro (light and dark in Italian). This technique, invented by the Italian painter Caravaggio and used by Rembrandt throughout his work, uses light and shadow to create a dramatic effect.

Answer 2

The answer is:

Rembrandt

Step-by-step explanation:

Unlike most Dutch Master os the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depicts s wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits, self-portraits, to landscapes and so on. Rembrandt experimented with the consistency of ink and the role of light using chiaroscuro - the use of light and shadow for dramatic effects. Rembrandt had a keen eye for the ordinary in the midst of the extraordinary and eventually brought daily life into his paintings, even in sacred works. In life, he was famous for both his paintings and his prints.