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

Landscape with two thatched cottages

c. 1636
Silverpoint on prepared vellum, 108 x 192 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Catalogue number: Benesch 466 recto.

The two sides of this vellum shows landscapes, quick sketches made on the spot. On the recto, two cottages with thatched roofs are drawn on a road with a group of figures. Rembrandt used very rarely the technique silverpoint on vellum.




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