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Etching of an elderly scholar in a dark study gazing toward a glowing star-like light beside a Gothic window.

A Scholar in His Study (Faust)

An old scholar in a cap and loose robe leans over a table in a dark study, gazing up toward a bright, radiating light that bursts from a Gothic-arched window. Fine etched lines and dense shadows build the room, with a globe and books at lower right, in a drypoint and engraving print on ivory paper.

Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
Date
c. 1652
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and engraving, on ivory Japanese paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2147 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1657).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Un erudito en su estudio (Fausto)

Un anciano erudito con gorro y ropaje holgado se inclina sobre una mesa en un estudio oscuro, mirando hacia una luz brillante y radiante que surge de una ventana con arcos góticos. Las líneas finas del aguafuerte y las sombras densas construyen la habitación, con un globo y libros en la esquina inferior derecha, impresos con punta seca y grabado sobre papel color marfil.

Português: Um erudito em seu gabinete (Fausto)

Um velho erudito de gorro e manto folgado debruça-se sobre uma mesa em um gabinete escuro, olhando para uma luz brilhante e radiante que irrompe de uma janela de arcos góticos. Linhas finas de água-forte e sombras densas constroem o cômodo, com um globo e livros no canto inferior direito, impressos em ponta-seca e gravura sobre papel marfim.

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