I dont believe rembrandt painted this. One of the books i read about him didnt specifically say that he didnt paint this painting, but from fellow painter from his time that knew him said that he was shocked at the racket rembrandt was running. Rembrandt had a whole studio full of apprentices who painted day in and day out and he just watched over there work while they paid him to do that. Since rembrandt later became poor in his life, he might of used one of his apprentices paintings and just signed his name to it so he could flip a profit. The man was definitely very business savvy.