Christ and the woman of Samaria: an arched print
Rembrandt van Rijn
1657 - 1658
Medium
etching and drypoint with plate tone, printed on Japanese paper
Dimensions
124; 159
About this artwork
height 124 mm x width 159 mm
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...