Standing Man with Outstretched Arm
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1636 - c. 1641
Medium
pen and brown ink, on paper toned with a light brown wash; framing line in brown ink (partially trimmed)
Dimensions
54; 112
About this artwork
Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague
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...