Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.

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• Kermit and Gonzo appeared in Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar as Arisfroggle Contemplating the Bust of a Twerp, a spoof of van Rijn's "Aristotle with a Bust of Homer."

• In The Great Muppet Caper, Zoot explains that Animal is upset because he missed the Rembrandt exhibit at the National Gallery. Animal corrects him, shouting "Renoir!"

• As a reference within a reference, Joe Mathieu spoofed Norman Rockwell's "Triple Self Portrait" with Grover taking the place of the famed painter. And taking the place of the Rembrandt self portrait Rockwell included on the easel, is a Fat Blue Rembrandt self portrait.

Fat Blue Rembrandt self portrait within the Grover self portrait