van Rijn, Rembrandt

About 1641

Rembrandt excelled in the technique of etching. Like engraving, etching is an intaglio printmaking method, meaning that the image is incised below the surface of the plate (as opposed to relief prints, ...

van Rijn, Rembrandt

1655

This print is one of the most famous in the history of printmaking because of the many reworkings it underwent. It was made entirely in drypoint (lines drawn with a needle directly onto the copper plate, ...

Châtelet, Claude-Louis

About 1780

Dürer, Albrecht

About 1505

This print is one of twenty from a series on the Life of the Virgin. It was issued in book form accompanied by Latin text. Many impressions exist without the text, however, as seen here.

Dyck, Anthony van Circle of

First half 17th century

The subject of this drawing comes from the biblical passage Matthew 9:9: As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew ...

About 1587

This print is a proof, an impression taken while work on the print was still in progress. It is one of a small number of proofs from Goltzius and his workshop. The figures on the three crosses and of ...

van Rijn, Rembrandt

1636

Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. He depicted his adored first wife many times before her death in 1642. Here Rembrandt etched Saskia's head from a variety of angles, together with other ...

Lawrence, Thomas Sir

Late 18th century