Nude Youth Seated before a Curtain, Rembrandt van Rijn | Mia

Nude Youth Seated before a Curtain, Rembrandt van Rijn — Nude Youth Seated before a Curtain, 1646
Rembrandt van Rijn
Etching
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916 P.1,303
Not on View
In 1646 Rembrandt organized classes so his students could draw from nude models. His choice of relatively unremarkable sitters is unusual for the time. Traditionally, drawn studies and prints of nude males depicted athletic bodies of muscular, Herculean proportions. Unidealized depictions of the human body were usually reserved for images of the aged or infirm. Rembrandt seems to have recruited young students or workshop assistants for the exercise. As their fellow students drew on paper, Rembrandt apparently sketched with a needle on coated copper plates.

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Title: Nude Youth Seated before a Curtain
Dated: 1646
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Nationality: Dutch
Artist Life: 1606 - 1669
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 6 9/16 x 3 7/8 in. (16.6 x 9.9 cm) (sheet)
Credit: The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Accession Number: P.1,303
Medium: Etching
Country: Netherlands
Century: 17th century
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints
Catalogue Raisonne: Hind 220 i/ii; B.193; Mz.135 ii/ii; Holl. 193 i/ii; B-B. 46-B ii/ii
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