Huisje met houten omheining tussen bomen
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1648
Medium
reed pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white; later additions in greyish-mauve wash; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
171; 255
About this artwork
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
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...