Abraham Entertaining the Angels by Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait (detail), oil on canvas, 1659, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.72

After settling with his creditors, Rembrandt moved to a modest house in a working-class neighborhood. He became increasingly isolated, supported by Hendrickje and his son Titus. The plague took Hendrickje's life in 1663. Five years later, Titus died, the victim of another plague epidemic.