About this artwork
This print of the tax collector Jan Uytenbogaert marks one of Rembrandt van Rijn’s first uses of drypoint, not as a corrective tool but as a supplement to an etching. Here the technique accentuates the velvety quality of the sitter’s rich fur garment. Rembrandt presented the man as a noble and meticulous professional, while simultaneously hinting at his true nature: Uytenbogaert, seated in the midst of an office complete with a fine oil painting and a rich tablecloth, reaches out to the bag of gold presented to him, his hand grasping it in an almost lascivious manner.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
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Title
- Jan Uytenbogaert, “The Goldweigher”
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Place
- Holland (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1639
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Medium
- Etching and drypoint on paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 23.7 × 20.3 cm (9 3/8 × 8 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 20.4 cm (9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 21.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1938.1815
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/29283/manifest.json