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Summary
Rembrandt almost certainly did not see these men in reality. He is actually responding to two peasants engraved a century earlier by the German artist Sebald Beham. One of them complains about the cold, while the other could care less. Unlike Beham’s grump, that by Rembrandt looks crotchety, while his cheerful man is laughing.
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prints
paper
etching
rembrandt van rijn
tis vinnich kout
damned cold
high resolution
netherlands
artist
dutch
17th century
peasants
rijksmuseum
Date
1634
Source
Rijksmuseum
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")