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Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol
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Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol

Rembrandt van Rijn · c. 1658 · etching; burijn; drypoint; paper

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

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It is hardly a coincidence that Coppenol is portrayed holding a sheet of paper and a pen; after all, he was a calligrapher. He was not without vanity. He asked poets to write odes to his skill, which he then inscribed in calligraphy below his portrait. Rembrandt etched him twice; the first version with his grandson Antonius was probably not entirely to his liking.

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Credit lineLieven Willemsz van Coppenol. c. 1658. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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