The Artist Drawing from the Model

c. 1639

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

This is a drawing of a scene with various figures and objects. In the bottom left, there is a seated figure. In the center, a standing figure appears surrounded by shading and unfinished lines. To the right, another figure or statue is draped with fabric, partially obscured by a frond or branch. The background has heavy shading, contrasting with the lightly sketched forms in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and burin on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip Hofer

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.9 × 18.7 cm (9 × 7 3/8 in.)
    plate: 22.7 × 18.3 cm (8 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.3.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 192, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • Religious Prints and Drawings from the Gallery's Collection, NGA, 1945, no cat.

1961

  • Rembrandt Etchings, NGA, 1961, no cat.

2006

  • "The Early Modern Painter-Etcher", Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 2006.

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. 176, state ii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q64961217

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