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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Artist Drawing from the Model (Het Beeldt van Pigmalion), ca. 1639 (printed ca. 1652)

Description

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Title

The Artist Drawing from the Model (Het Beeldt van Pigmalion)

Year

ca. 1639 (printed ca. 1652)

Medium

Etching and drypoint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint,
  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium

Dimensions

Plate: 23.2 x 18.1 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso: inscribed in brown ink, LC: "a paris Chez Naudet M.nd Destampes au Louvre 1791" (Paris, active 1763-1830; Lugt 1937)

Blind stamped on the recto, LL, with collector's mark "A, C" (Lugt 84; unknown, found on a number of Rembrandt prints)

Watermark: Strasbourg in a crowned shield with the initials PR (Hinterding E'.a.b.)

Identification

State

ii/iv

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Henry D. Sharpe

Object Number

49.100

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 5

Unfinished
Read Online

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Changing Poses

November 12, 2010 - June 6, 2011

In the lower left corner of this unfinished etching, an artist, presumably Rembrandt himself, sits on a low chair and sketches from a nude female model. This is not an accurate representation of Rembrandt’s own studio, but rather an imagined scenario through which viewers learn to respect the young artist by observing his diligent nighttime labor. The nude model emerges from this dark space as both a subject and a source of inspiration, and the palm frond in her hand may signify the fame to which the artist aspires. Despite Rembrandt’s well-documented practice of working with nude models, this female figure is not drawn from life, but adapted from a famous allegorical image of Fame in an engraving by the 15th-century Italian Renaissance artist Jacopo de’ Barbari. This subtle reference reveals the variety of “models” a master artist might employ. The print’s unfinished state suggests that the process of creation is ongoing and that other sources may yet contribute before Rembrandt’s blank canvas, seen in the background, is filled.

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Artist Drawing from the Model (Het Beeldt van Pigmalion) with the accession number of 49.100. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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