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The Flute-player
Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object), 1642
This print was formerly called ‘het Uylenspiegeltje’ (the scoundrel), and not without reason. Rembrandt concealed all kinds of erotic double entendres in this scene of a shepherd couple beside the water. The man furtively peeks under the woman’s skirt and happens to point with his flute – a phallic symbol – in the same direction. The woman is weaving a wreath of flowers, an allusion to female genitalia.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-248
- Dimensionsheight 114 mm x width 143 mm
- Physical characteristicsets en droge naald met plaattoon