Portrait of a Boy in Profile is a 1641 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a boy’s face turned sideways, his hair drawn in quick, tangled lines. His collar is visible, but the rest of his body is just a few loose strokes. The paper has a textured look, like old paper, and the artist signed it in the top corner. The lines are scratchy and uneven, almost like they were drawn fast. This style was common in etchings, where ink is pressed into a metal plate. Try looking up *etching* next 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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