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A peasant calling out: 'Tis vinnich kout'

Print
1634 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Etching depicting a man turned to the left, looking over his shoulder. There is a figure holding a long stick in the background.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Poverty
Object type
print
TitleA peasant calling out: 'Tis vinnich kout' (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'A peasant calling out: 'Tis vinnich kout''. Netherlands, 1634.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man turned to the left, looking over his shoulder. There is a figure holding a long stick in the background.
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Rembrandt.f.1634.' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Tis vinnich kout' (Printed on the top of the sheet.)
    Translation
    'It's biting cold'
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.177.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: an Illustrated Critical Catalogue. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969), no. B.177.
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923), no. 233.
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.413-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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