Rijksmuseum

Een student aan tafel bij het licht van een olielamp

Date

c. 1642

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The man in the dark room is barely visible. He is studying by the light of an oil lamp. Resting his forehead on his hand, he seems to be reflecting on what he has just read. Rembrandt achieved this powerful contrast of light and dark by scratching crosshatched lines in the copperplate. He never again made such a dark print.

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