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Artists›Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

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The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966–1967

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R embrandt van Rijn, the towering master of the Dutch Golden Age, is celebrated for his psychologically rich portraits, dramatic lighting, and influential etchings that spread his fame across Europe. Though he died in obscurity, his works now anchor major museum collections worldwide and consistently achieve strong long-term returns on the art market.

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Artworks (7)

Seated Female Nude

1660 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with subtractive highlights (scraping) and touches of opaque white watercolor corrections, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

Primary/secondary supports: 21.2 × 17.5 cm (8 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: "The Three Crosses"

1653 · Drypoint and burin on paper

Plate: 38.1 × 45 cm (15 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 45.4 cm (15 1/8 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

1648 · Etching, drypoint and burin in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 15.6 × 13 cm (6 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 13.6 cm (6 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kostverloren Castle in Decay

1647 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with touches of opaque white watercolor, on cream laid paper

10.9 × 17.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

1641 · Etching on paper

Plate/image: 14.3 × 11.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 11.4 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adam and Eve

1638 · Etching on ivory laid paper

16.2 × 11.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Man with a Gold Chain

1631 · Oil on panel

83.1 × 75.7 cm (32 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.); Framed: 105.1 × 99.5 cm (41 3/8 × 39 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Group Exhibition The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection

New York · 1966