The Artist Drawing from a Model, unfinished plate, c. 1639, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch, 1606–1669, 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( x cm) (plate), Etching, The Netherlands, 17th century, The Artist Drawing is clearly more an allegory of art than documentation of a specific studio. The combination of minutely finished sections with manifestly unfinished parts may allude to the comparison between the two greatest painters of Greek antiquity, Apelles and Protogenes. The latter was known for the fine detail of his paintings, and the former for the speed and freedom of his work.

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