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Rembrandt van Rijn

Male Nude, Seated and Standing (Het Rolwagentje), ca. 1646

Description

Maker

  • Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669, Dutch

Title

Male Nude, Seated and Standing (Het Rolwagentje)

Year

ca. 1646

Medium

Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

19.7 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

No watermark visible

Identification

State

v/viii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1270

Projects & Publications

Publications

La Peintre Graveur, 1803-1821

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Changing Poses

November 12, 2010 - June 6, 2011

Surviving sketches by Rembrandt’s pupils indicate that this etching originated during a life-drawing session held in the artist’s studio. The two male figures in the foreground are the same model presented in two different poses. While his students drew this model repeatedly on separate pages from their respective vantage points, Rembrandt sketched the figures directly onto a copper plate with his etching needle, adding a mother and child in the background to complete his image. In 17th-century Dutch emblem books, a child in a walker often illustrated the proverb “Practice makes perfect.” Rembrandt’s addition of this vignette transforms the print
from a studio exercise into a commentary on the importance of life drawing. As in most of his nudes, Rembrandt does not hide his models’ flaws, their sagging flesh and plain features, giving them an immediacy which can be both jarring and sympathetic.

Use

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