Old man shading his eyes with his hand, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1770

Title(s)

Old man shading his eyes with his hand

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1133

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 175-3(3)
• Bartsch 259-1(1) voltooid door GF Schmidt
  Remark: 2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 259-1(1) voltooid door GF Schmidt
  Remark: 2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• printmaker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn
• printmaker: Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Dating

c. 1639 and/or 1770

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 138 mm × width 114 mm

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt: the quest for chiaroscuro : essays, p. 98
• Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 43, cat.nr. 175