Christus verschijnt aan Maria Magdalena (Noli me tangere)
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1645
Medium
pen and brown ink, with opaque white; framing line in brown ink; contours indented for transfer
Dimensions
146; 154
About this artwork
De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland
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...