After a brief but important apprenticeship of six months with the history painter Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt stayed a few months with Jacob Pynas and then started his own workshop, though Simon van Leeuwen claimed that Joris van Schooten taught Rembrandt in Leiden.
After a brief but significant apprenticeship of six months under the history painter Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt spent a few months with Jacob Pynas before establishing his own studio; Simon van Leeuwen asserted that Joris van Schooten was Rembrandt's teacher during his time in Leiden.