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

Old man shading his eyes with his hand

c. 1639
Etching and drypoint, only state, 138 x 115 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 259.

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.

The plate was eventually finished by the German etcher G. F. Schmidt in 1770.