Rijksmuseum

De goudsmid

Date

1655

Medium

Japanese paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This tiny etching features a goldsmith hammering away in his workshop, with his tools at the left, an anvil at the right, and a small fire in the forge behind him. His arm is wrapped tenderly around a statuette with which he will soon have to part. The mother, symbolizing Charity, holds her two children just as lovingly.

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