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Print
The Goldweigher's Field
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, (Leiden, 1606 - 1669, Amsterdam)
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van
Netherlands
1606 - 1669
Male
4 13/16 x 12 5/8 in. (12.2 x 32.1 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1651
1651
1651
1600-1800, 17th century, drypoint, etchings, landscapes
Print
This landscape is of a real place: the city of Haarlem with the spire of the Grootekerk can be seen at the left and the church tower of Bloemendaal is in the right middle ground. Rembrandt has subtly manipulated the scene into a carefully composed and extended horizontal panorama. He uses diagonal lines to indicate divisions in the fields. Horizontal lines showing property divisions and the woods also serve to slow the viewer’s gaze. The addition of drypoint, or lines scratched in the plate without the use of acid, heightens the contrast between light and shadow.
The title for this print comes from the author of a 1751 catalogue of Rembrandt’s prints. He mistook this landscape for the property of the goldweigher, the Receiver General Jan Uytenbogaert, who was the subject of one of Rembrandt’s portraits. The Goldweigher’s Field actually shows the estate of the merchant Christoffel Thijs, who sold Rembrandt his house in 1639 and to whom Rembrandt was in debt.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
lower left, in the image, in the plate, A crown over an indistinct snaking motif
1987.63
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Memorial Art Gallery
6/6/2001
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8x10
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4x5
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87.63DI1
digital image
8x10
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87.63DI#2
digital image
2/13/2013
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Print
Bust of a Man ("Bust of Doctor Faustus") (after Rembrandt)
Bust of Doctor Faustus
Jan Georg van Vliet, (Delft, ca. 1610 - after 1635)
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van
Netherlands
1606 - 1669
Male
Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van
Netherlands
1606 - 1669
Male
After
Vliet, Jan Georg van
Netherlands
ca. 1610 - after 1635
Male
5 13/16 x 5 1/8 in. (14.8 x 13 cm)
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sheet
1630-1633
1630
1633
1600-1800, 17th century, etchings, men, portraits
Print
Johannes van Vliet worked for Rembrandt in the late 1620s and 1630s. For the most part, he prepared Rembrandt’s painted compositions for production as prints; he also made direct copies of the master’s prints.
Van Vliet created etchings after his own designs as well, although many derive thematically from work by Rembrandt. Scenes of everyday life, peasants, card players, and beggars were his subject matter of choice.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
upper right, in the plate, Rembrandt's monogram, last used on paintings in 1632
1992.63
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/20/2001
92.63SL1
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full
2 x 2
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2 x 3
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92.63DI1
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8 x 10
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92.63DI#2
digital image
3/13/2008
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