Thursday, May 19, 2011

Hansken - Rembrandt


It's time for another Rembrandt...

By Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

Love his sketches and since one of my sisters' current fascination is elephants, I thought this was appropriate. :-) I also learned all sorts of things about Hanskin herself on Wikipedia...

Thanks for reading,
Miss Pickwickian

5 comments:

Jujube said...

Rembrandt's elephant looks so realistic, just like the real thing.

Hadley said...

AW!!!! <3

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Edith said...

This sketch hits the sweet spot somewhere between the zoo and the art museum. What a character! She saw more of Europe than many of its people at the time.

And hey, if anyone were to pick my pocket, I'd prefer it were an elephant. ; )

~Edith

Susannah said...

GAH LOVE. I want to print this out and try to copy it. It's so beautiful!