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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam) |
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Two butchers at workc. 1635Brown ink, 149 x 200 Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt | |
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Catalogue number: Benesch 400. Rembrandt avoided stereotypical depictions of the crafts. The trade in which he showed the most spontaneous interest is butchery. The present drawing depicts two butchers at work, one cleaving the carcass of a pig, the other carrying a pig. | |
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