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Boy Walking with a Stick
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Why this boy is holding a stick is unclear. Rembrandt may have portrayed a victim of leprosy, who was required to carry a stick to warn his healthy fellow citizens. Rembrandt deliberately did not draw the stick entirely straight, giving it a more natural appearance. He used iron gall ink, notorious for eating holes through paper, so-called ink corrosion.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBoy Walking with a Stick. c. 1635 - c. 1640. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
