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The Flute-player
etching and drypoint, 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













