The Golf Player

1654

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a man seated inside a room. He is reclining against a table with his legs stretched out in front of him. His facial features are obscured by shadows, as his head is turned slightly downwards. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat that casts further shadow and his hair is slightly wavy, touching his shoulders. The man is dressed in a buttoned shirt with a collar and pants that expose his lower legs. There is another figure to the left of the image, seemingly a man in motion with a stick, wearing similar attire including a hat. In the background, there are sketches of two more figures drawn with minimal details. The scene appears to be indoors, characterized by cross-hatched shading suggesting walls and a window frame. A small cup or object is on the table near the seated man.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.7 x 14.6 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7217

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 125, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn (Lugt 514); Paul Mathey (Lugt 2100b); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1968

  • Xix: An Exhibition Honoring the XIX Olympiad, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ, 1968.

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 282, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024777

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