Loose pencil sketch of a standing figure with a staff, a kneeling figure in front, and scribbled trees on cream paper.

The Baptism of the Eunuch

A loose pencil or chalk sketch on cream paper shows a standing figure holding a tall staff near the top, with a kneeling figure in the foreground and other figures at left among dense, scribbled trees. Quick hatched lines and soft shading build the forms, and a monogram sits in the lower left corner.

Artist: Rembrandt
Date: 1631
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Size: 1545 × 1394 px

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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1631; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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