Faust is a 1652 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man kneeling in a dim room, his face half-lit by a small window. The window has arched shapes above it, and light bursts through the glass in a starburst pattern. The words *"Algorismus"* are carved into the light. The man wears a loose robe and a cap, and the room has rough stone floors and a few scattered objects. The light through the window looks almost like a halo, but it’s not a religious scene—it’s a trick of the artist’s hand. The lines here aren’t painted; they’re scratched into the paper, layer by layer. Want to see how this kind of scratchy, layered drawing works? Look up etching, drypoint, aquatint.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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