Rembrandt Erotic Secrets

As well as being a painter and draftsman, Rembrandt was an exceptionally productive and innovative etcher. Making over three hundred etchings during his long career, the studies of his own face, of beggars and everyday scenes played a crucial role in his etchings of scenes from daily life, portraits and well-known scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Rembrandt’s nudes were guided by a principle of working only “from life”. Breaking convention of his time his honesty of the human form led to these works being hidden for centuries, that is until now.