Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended

1646

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a sketch of a man sitting on the ground, leaning against a wall. He has one leg extended and the other bent. His torso is turned away while his head is tilted downward. His face is not clearly visible. He is dressed in minimal clothing and is not holding any objects. The background is shaded to represent the wall he is leaning against. The sketch is monochromatic with black ink lines. "Rembrandt f. 1646" is written in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 10.2 × 16.4 cm (4 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7231

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 196, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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.

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. 234, state ii/iii.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: Rembrandt f. 1646; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: c.17111

Markings

recto: none; verso: Lessing J. Rosenwald and National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65024804

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