Rembrandt's self portraits reveal that 17th-century netherlands society encouraged

Rembrandt's self portraits reveal that 17th century Netherlands society encouraged Portraits. Portrait painting flourished in the Netherlands in the 17th century, as there was a large market who were far more ready to commission  portraits. Rembrandt's self portrait reveals the artist's connection to his craft,  shown as a working artist wearing studio garb. 

Religion changed from primitive times through the renaissance period until today such that certain church conventions and rules were set about how the holy family could be portrayed. for instance: mary must always be in a blue mantle, jesus could only be in a white robe after the resurrection, jesus could no longer be seen pointing with his walking stick when performing a miracle, and so on.hope this