This drawing of a seated boy is part of a group
of life studies made in Rembrandt’s studio by the artist and his pupils. All
were executed in the same elaborate technique and likely date from around the
same time as Rembrandt’s model studies and etchings from 1646.
Specifications
| Title | Seated Youth |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black and red chalk (traces), pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, corrected with white |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 248 mm Width 172 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Samuel van Hoogstraten
|
| Accession number | R 43 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1646 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Internal exhibitions |
Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005) |
| External exhibitions |
De illusionist. Samuel van Hoogstraten (2025) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Brown wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Grey wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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