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The Actor Willem Bartholsz Ruyter as a Peasant
Also titled De acteur Willem Bartholsz Ruyter als boer
Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606–1669)
c. 1638
- Medium
- deck paint, prepared paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 139 mm x width 174 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Willem Bartholsz Ruyter (1587-1639) was a famous actor in Amsterdam. One drawing shows him as King Ahasuerus, who has just heard from his Jewish wife, Esther, that his confidant Haman had ordered the death of all Jews. In the second study, he wears the costume of a country yokel who was the central figure in popular farces called ‘boertigheden’.
