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

Nude man seated and another standing

c. 1646
Etching, first state of three, 194 x 128 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 194.

This print is called "Het rolwagentje", the walking learner. Here we see one of Rembrandt's little walkers lightly etched in the background with a woman. In the foreground two semi-nude boys - by all appearances studio models - are posing. The scene symbolizes the overlap between the private and professional in Rembrandt's house.