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A peasant replying: 'Dats niet'

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

Etching depicting a man turned to the right, looking over his shoulder. There is a figure standing in the background.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Poverty
Object type
print
TitleA peasant replying: 'Dats niet' (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'A peasant replying: 'Dats niet''. Netherlands, 1634.
Physical description
Etching depicting a man turned to the right, looking over his shoulder. There is a figure standing in the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 4cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Rembran [sic] f 163[4]' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Dats niet' (Printed on the top of the sheet.)
    Translation
    'That's nothing'
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Emily Frances Dalton
Object history
Dalton Bequest, 1900.
Subject depicted
Peasants
Associated objects
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.178.
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: an Illustrated Critical Catalogue. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • 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).
  • Taken from Register of Engravings 1896-1901
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1153-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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