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Ledikant or The French Bed, 1646
Installed in the kitchen in the Block’s east building is Ledikant, also known as The French Bed, circa 1900. In this work, a plumed cap sits on top of the foregrounded post of the four-cornered bed. In...
View ArticleNude Man Seated Before a Curtain, 1646
From 1640 to 1650, Rembrandt van Rijn taught life-drawing classes in Amsterdam, during which time he also made a number of studies of the human body. His pupils were boys who ranged in age from twelve...
View ArticleStudent at a Table by Candlelight, c. 1642
The student in this etching by Rembrandt van Rijn glances upward with a hand to his temple as if in deep thought. The desk is barely illuminated by a single candle; darkness encroaches from every edge...
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