Longhouse Farmstead with a Haystack in a Polder Landscape
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1652
Medium
pen and brown ink, with traces of white chalk, on brownish-grey cartridge paper, toned with light brown wash
Dimensions
209; 97
About this artwork
hoogte 97 mm x breedte 209 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...