Description
Clement de Jonghe, printseller is a 1651 etched portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn. The sitter’s occupation connects the image to the world in which artworks were collected, traded and brought before the public. The portrait gives a person from that professional world the concentrated attention of an individual likeness.
Rembrandt’s use of etched line makes the portrait a study in both character and form. The emphasis falls on the sitter’s presence rather than an elaborate narrative setting, inviting the viewer to consider the person behind the occupational title. Clement de Jonghe also offers a connection between the making of images and the people who helped them circulate.
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