Jan Uytenbogaert, "The Goldweigher"

Rembrandt van Rijn

1601 to 1650

Jan Uytenbogaert, "The Goldweigher" by Rembrandt van Rijn

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.6 x 20.2 cm (9 11/16 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 24.8 x 20.4 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2001.64.2

About the Artist

Rembrandt van Rijn · 16061669

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...

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