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The goldsmith
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This tiny etching features a goldsmith hammering away in his workshop, with his tools at the left, an anvil at the right, and a small fire in the forge behind him. His arm is wrapped tenderly around a statuette with which he will soon have to part. The mother, symbolizing Charity, holds her two children just as lovingly.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe goudsmid. 1655. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
