Rijksmuseum

De baders

Date

1651

Medium

Japanese paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The openness of this etched composition suggests that Rembrandt perhaps drew on a prepared copperplate on the spot. The bathers in the landscape are rendered with just a few lines and very little detail. The swiftness with which this was executed resulted in some imperfections; the proper right hand of the man just emerging from the water, for instance, is extremely large.

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