Rembrandt & Amsterdam Portraiture, 1590-1670Having inspired fervent study for centuries, Rembrandt and his Dutch Golden Age contemporaries are admired especially for their portraiture, with Rembrandt in particular having captured a liveliness in his subjects that continues to inspire artists today. In the 17th century, there was a significant market demand for portraits among Amsterdams upper class; like Rembrandt, painters such as Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596 1667), Frans Hals (c. 1582 1666) and