Rembrandt

===In popular culture===
{{See also|Category:Cultural depictions of Rembrandt}}
[[File:Leiden Rembrandt Statue.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The Rembrandt statue in [[Leiden]]]]
{{blockquote|[...] One thing that really surprises me is the extent to which Rembrandt exists as a phenomenon in [[pop culture]]. You have this [[The Rembrandts|musical group call [''sic''] the Rembrandts]], who wrote the theme song to ''Friends''—"I'll Be There For You". There are Rembrandt restaurants, Rembrandt hotels, art supplies and other things that are more obvious. But then there's [[Rembrandt toothpaste]]. Why on Earth would somebody name a toothpaste after this artist who's known for his really dark tonalities? It doesn't make a lot of sense. But I think it's because his name has become synonymous with quality. It's even a verb—there's a term in underworld slang, 'to be Rembrandted,' which means to be framed for a crime. And people in the cinema world use it to mean pictorial effects that are overdone. He's just everywhere, and people who don't know anything, who wouldn't recognize a Rembrandt painting if they tripped over it, you say the name Rembrandt and they already know that this is a great artist. He's become a synonym for greatness.|Rembrandt scholar, Stephanie Dickey, in an interview with ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]'', December 2006<ref name="Dickey2006" />}}
While shooting ''The Warrens of Virginia'' (1915), [[Cecil B. DeMille]] had experimented with lighting instruments borrowed from a Los Angeles opera house. When business partner [[Sam Goldwyn]] saw a scene in which only half an actor's face was illuminated, he feared the exhibitors would pay only half the price for the picture. DeMille remonstrated that it was [[Rembrandt lighting]]. "Sam's reply was jubilant with relief," recalled DeMille. "For Rembrandt lighting the exhibitors would pay double!"<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Cecil B. De Mille|Cecil B. De Mille Foundation]] |title=The Legacy of Cecil B. DeMille |url=https://www.cecilbdemille.com/legacy/ |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=Cecil B. De Mille Foundation (cecilbdemille.com) |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810080817/https://www.cecilbdemille.com/legacy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>