Faust

c. 1652

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a figure leaning forward with one hand on a table, looking toward a bright light source from a window with intricate pane patterns. The person has an elderly appearance, wearing a turban or headscarf, and a long, textured garment. They hold a compass in their hand. The background features shelves, a figure or bust in shadows, and a circular emblem with Latin text, surrounded by books and scholarly items.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and engraving on rough beige paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 21.2 x 16.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.1.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 270, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1930 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871 - 1948], New York; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 46, 49, repro.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 51.

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

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. 270, state i/vii.

Wikidata ID

Q65082064

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