The Card Player by Rembrant

“The Card Player” Rembrandt etching. 3.3 x 3.3. Utilizing a wealth of line work and intricate features, the figure appears deep in concentration as he shuffles a deck of cards. Christopher White discusses this work in his book Rembrandt as an Etcher, "The sitter appears again as the model for the etching of The Card Player (B. 136) of the same year, and is far more likely to have been a young pupil obliging the master, than either a portrait of 'Smyters' or the Polish Ambassador…" (White 125) Münz stated of the portraits of this period,"In these studies more than in the finished portrait…are to be seen for the first time the living shadows from which Rembrandt's figures emerge in his latest work." (Münz 31) Created in 1641, this original etching is listed by Nowell-Usticke as a not very common impression, with less than 125-225 copies extant. According to Nowell-Usticke, a State I (of V) impression; Biörklund State I (of III); White & Boon State I (of II); Hind State I (of III).

Provenance: Not specified
Artist / Author: Rembrant
Date of Work: 1641
Signature location: Not specified
Origin of Work: Netherlands
Subject: Figures
Original Vendor/Source: Citadel
Details of damage: Not specified
Frame Style/Material: Glass/Wood
Frame dimensions: 26.250 x 25.750 x 1.250
Inner frame dimensions: 18.125 x 17.750
Artwork dimensions: 3.375 x 3.375