Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white (oxidized)
Dimensions
184; 222
About this artwork
Schenking van de heer C. Hofstede de Groot, Den Haag
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...