A Peasant Replying: "Dats niet" (That's nothing)

1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts a man standing sideways and slightly angled away from the viewer in profile. He has distinct facial features, a long beard, and wears a hat over curly hair. His clothing is loose-fitting and rugged, consisting of a textured coat, baggy pants tucked into boots. He appears to be holding something in his right hand. In the background, there is a small figure drawn in a similar style. The top of the image has handwritten text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7268

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 178, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

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. 38b, 42, repro.

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. 132, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65024882

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