A nude figure stands off center facing left, holding a robe, a seated figure in lower left looks at them.　
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Partially drawn sketch of an artist in their studio drawing a nude model whose backside faces the viewer while they look to the left. The background is dark and more fully rendered revealing a classical scene of a bust on a pedestal in upper right, and a plume of a tall palm leaf behind the model. The artist sits in a low folded chair dressed in robes, in a gesture of a drawing pad on their lap. Both figures are rendered in light weight lines.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
FA74
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Artist and His Model: Unfinished Plate
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/237309

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 22.8 × 17.5 cm (9 × 6 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: [Script initials, not legible in current viewing conditions.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: N. Coll. Oct. 1874. [Charles Eliot Norton Collection]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: FINE ARTS / DEPARTMENT / HARVARD COLLEGE [within a rectangular border

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 176, Bartsch 192, Hind 231, R. 192, Cl 189, Bl 157, W. 189

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Object Number
FA74
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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