Polander Leaning on a Stick

c. 1632

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a line drawing of a person in profile view, standing. The person is leaning on a stick, crossing their feet. Their face is turned away and mostly in shadow. They wear loose-fitting clothing, a hat with a high plume, and have a sword hanging from their waist. The background shows simple sketched lines suggesting foliage or trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 141, State vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eldridge R. Johnson [1867-1945], Moorestown, NJ; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased at Parke-Bernet through Rosenbach 1946; given to the National Gallery of Art 1946

Associated Names

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. 76, state xi/xiii.

Wikidata ID

Q65082033

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