Timeline October 1669

Events in October 1669 2

• 1606 – 1669 Rembrandt Dutch Golden Age · Netherlands Rembrandt van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, master of light and shadow, and one of the greatest portraitists and storytellers in art history. The Night Watch is his most celebrated work.
• 1669 Rembrandt dies Buried in an unmarked grave Rembrandt died on October 4, 1669, aged 63, poor and largely forgotten by the fashionable art world. He was buried in an unmarked rented grave in the Westerkerk, Amsterdam. His son Titus had died the previous year.