Object Details
Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
Date
1641
Medium
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 5 × 12 5/8 inches (12.7 × 32.1 cm)
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 12 3/4 inches (13 × 32.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired through the generosity of Ann S. Bowers, Class of 1959; with further support from Marilyn Friedland, Class of 1965, and Lawrence Friedland; Seymour R. Askin, Jr., Class of 1947, and Helen-Mae Askin; Louise and Bernard Palitz; and Nancy and Nelson Schaenen, Jr., Class of 1950
Object
Number
2006.002
The farm building depicted here is of the wooden langhuis (long-house) type favored by dairy farmers(…)
The farm building depicted here is of the wooden langhuis (long-house) type favored by dairy farmers and cattle breeders, in which the cattle would be penned in under the same roof as their owners. The livelihood of the family, whose two children stand in the doorway, is shown by the milk bucket and yoke drying on the wagon wheel at left. Behind the house, we see a haystack with its thatched cover that descends on poles as the hay is used. Given his fondness for capturing the details of everyday life, Rembrandt could not resist including the family pet partially hidden above the doorway.
(“Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt’s Etchings,” curated by Andrew C. Weislogel and presented at the Johnson Museum September 23–December 17, 2017)
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Lo mismo en otras partes (The same thing elsewhere), Plate 23 of “The Disasters of War”
Francisco José de Goya, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
