Faust

c. 1652

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows an elderly man from the waist up. He is leaning forward slightly with one hand resting on a table and the other hand partially obscured. His face has wrinkles, and he has a long beard. He is wearing a turban, a heavy robe with distinct patterns, and is inside a room with a window behind him. On the table are papers and tools. In the background, there are heavy shadows and the window streams light, highlighting a circular symbol.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on a heavy white paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1955.6.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 52.

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

Q65364843

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