Studies of the head of Saskia and others
Rembrandt van Rijn
1850 - 1906
Medium
etching
Dimensions
124; 150
About this artwork
signatuur en datum, midden onder: ‘Rembrandt f. 1636’
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...