The Artist's Mother: Head and Bust, Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

1628 · Etching; New Holl. second state of four · Drawings and Prints

The woman in this print appears in several early etchings by Rembrandt. She has been identified since the late seventeenth century as Rembrandt's mother Neeltgen Willemsdr. van Zuytbroeck (ca. 1568–1640). In such early prints, when Rembrandt was still exploring the medium of etching, he was nonetheless able to beautifully capture the woman's age and expression with limited linework.

Artist

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Date

1628

Medium

Etching; New Holl. second state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918