REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

Old man in meditation, leaning on a book

c. 1645
Etching, second state of two, 133 x 108 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 147.

Rembrandt published and sold some prints that leave most of the surface blank except for a few indicatory outlines. He did not make clear what his intention was in leaving the plate in unfinished form.