Man Drawing from a Cast
Primary
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
(Leiden, The Netherlands, 1606–Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1669)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Datecirca 1641
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 3 9/16 × 2 1/2 in. (9.1 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.2349
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.2349
On View
Not on viewThe Man Drawing from a Cast is one of a number of etchings in which Rembrandt mused about the nature and activity of artistic representation. So modest in scale, so intimate in tenor, it is probably the most earnest and absorbing.
Exhibitions
Reproduction after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1631
