Two Horses at a Halting-place
Rembrandt van Rijn
c. 1637
Medium
black and red chalk; framing lines in brown ink over black chalk
Dimensions
273; 173
About this artwork
zwart en rood krijt; kaderlijnen in bruine inkt over zwart krijt
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...