# Old man shading his eyes with his hand [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Etching and drypoint, only state, 138 x 115 mm ## Commentary Old man shading his eyes with his hand c. 1639 Etching and drypoint, only state, 138 x 115 mm Teylers Museum, Haarlem <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/database/glossary/note03.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Catalogue number:</a> Bartsch 259. Rembrandt published and sold some prints that leave most of the surface blank except for a few indicatory outlines. He did not make clear what his intention was in leaving the plate in unfinished form. The plate was eventually finished by the German etcher G. F. Schmidt in 1770. ## Related artworks - [A black drummer and commander mounted on mules; riding in profile]() - [A child being taught to walk]() - [A cottage beneath trees]() - [A girl sleeping]() - [A Man Laughing]() - [A man making water]() - [A Peddler Selling Spectacles \(The Allegory of Sight\)]() - [A Polish Nobleman]() - [A Scholar]() - [A two-humped camel]() - [A woman in Zeeland costume, from the back]() - [A woman in Zeeland costume, from the front]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()