Studies of the Head of Saskia and Others, 1636, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 5 15/16 x 5 in. ( x cm) (plate), Etching, The Netherlands, 17th century, For these informal etched studies, Rembrandt treated the copper printing plate as though it were a sheet of paper, perhaps even a page in a sketchbook. The image grows from-and criticizes-the tradition of master artists designing prints as model sheets from which aspiring artists could learn to draw. Most such prints showed idealized figures executed in formulaic patterns of line.

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