The most available models for the young artist, apart from his own visage in a mirror, were family members. Rembrandt’s mother appears in a number of his etchings, her wrinkled visage delicately, even tenderly, rendered. With his deft use of an etching needle, the artist describes the irregularities of age through a complex network of lines, dots and marks.
Details
- Artist Name: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
- Title: The Artist's Mother, Head and Bust: Three-Quarters Right
- Date: 1628
- Medium: Etching
- Edition: State II
- Dimensions: 2-11/16 x 2-9/16 in. (6.8 x 6.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1977.32.001.G
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation
Object Information
Eye-to-Eye with Rembrandt: Etched Portraits and Self-Portraits
- Norton Simon Museum, 1994-05-26 to 1995-01-15
From Line into Image: Etchings by Rembrandt Van Rijn
- Norton Simon Museum, 1992-01-30 to 1992-09-06
The Familiar Face: Portrait Prints by Rembrandt
- Norton Simon Museum, 2009-12-04 to 2010-3-22
Rembrandt Portrait Etchings
- Norton Simon Museum, 1986-05-22 to 1987-08-30
Rembrandt Etchings
- Norton Simon Museum, 1978-08-10 to 1980
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1452 p. 408
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