Peasant with His Hands behind His Back is a 1631 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a slouching pose, his hands tucked behind his back. He wears a wide-brimmed hat with a feather sticking up and a loose, rumpled coat. The lines are rough and quick, like they were drawn fast—some areas are dark and scratchy, others barely there. The artist used a sharp tool to carve into the metal plate, creating the dark lines. This is how etchings work: ink fills the grooves, then gets wiped away, leaving only the lines pressed into the surface. Next, check out etching to see how this technique works.
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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