Four Men Standing, Wearing Hats
Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1650
Medium
black chalk, with white chalk; framing lines in black ink over brown ink
Dimensions
153; 103
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...