Philosopher with an Hourglass
Medium
Woodcut; first of two states
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 2 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (5.3 × 5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.90.4
Tags
MenProfilesPhilosophersHourglass
About the Artist
Jan Lievens|Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1607–1674
Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...