Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) is considered to be one of the greatest painters in Dutch history and King William III had the honour of unveiling Amsterdam's oldest statue in 1852. But that's not the end of the story. Over the next decade at least 10 more statues will be erected along the route that the illustrious painter used to walk from his house in Amsterdam to to the outskirts of the city where he searched for inspiration. Each statue will represent a certain period of his life. A young Rembrandt, opposite the Amstel Hotel, is the first of these new statues. Statues of Rembrandt can also be found at molen at Amstel at the end of Amstelpark and Professor Tulpplein.