person
Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt
Dutch painter and etcher (1606-69), master of chiaroscuro; Rilke invokes him for the light and shadow of Rodin's ink drawings.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §37 Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), the Dutch master whose chiaroscuro Rilke hears echoed in Rodin's early ink drawings.