Jan Asselijn
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1647
Medium
etching
Dimensions
169; 212
About this artwork
hoogte 212 mm x breedte 169 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...