Saint Jerome beside a Pollard Willow is a 1648 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a twisted tree with gnarled branches reaching upward. Below, a bearded man in a robe sits on a rock, looking down. A small dog sits nearby, and the ground is filled with rough, sketchy lines that look like grass or brush. The artist used thin, sharp lines to create texture—notice how the bark looks rough and the leaves are almost floating. This isn’t a polished painting but a quick, expressive drawing. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how Rembrandt made this kind of mark.
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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