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Rembrandt's mother seated
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Rembrandt's mother seated

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1631 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Rembrandt’s mother most certainly modelled here, yet not for the usual facial studies, but rather for larger, tronie-like interpretations. At left, she sits like an ‘oude Persiaanse vrou’ (old Persian woman) in an imaginary, Oriental-looking headdress. At right, she wears a mid-16th-century shirt, so contemporaries would immediately have understood that she was garbed ‘op zijn antieks’ (à l’antique).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printNeeltje Willemsdr. Zuytbrouck
Credit lineRembrandts moeder zittend. 1631. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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