Jaël doodt Sisera
Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1658 - ca. 1659
Medium
pen and brown ink, with opaque white; framing lines in black ink over brown ink
Dimensions
192; 174
About this artwork
height 192 mm x width 174 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...