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Nude man seated on the ground with one leg extended

Print
1646 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching depicting a nude man seated on the ground with one leg extended, facing away from the viewer


Object details

Categories
Prints
Nude
Object type
print
TitleNude man seated on the ground with one leg extended (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Nude man seated on the ground with one leg extended', second state. Amsterdam, 1646.
Physical description
Etching depicting a nude man seated on the ground with one leg extended, facing away from the viewer
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.7cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 16.8cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
'Rembrandt.f.1646' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subject depicted
Nude Male Figure
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.196
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • 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
CAI.667

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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