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The Dutch on the Ice · The Old Game
The Golf-Player
Rembrandt van Rijn, etching, 1654 · etching
What it is
A kolf player at rest, etched by Rembrandt in 1654 — the game’s ancestor, drawn by the century’s greatest etcher.
Why it matters
This is the single most distinguished maker in the house. Rembrandt turned to the game the way he turned to everything: as an excuse to look at a person.
What to notice
He is not mid-swing. He is waiting, leaning, mid-conversation — the etching is about the pause, not the shot.
Most of any round is standing about. Rembrandt noticed first.
Provenance
- Maker
- Rembrandt van Rijn, etching, 1654
- Era
- Kolf — the Ice Game (1600–1700)
- Chapter
- The Old Game
- Medium
- etching
- Made
- 1654
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access · 41.1.60) · 41.1.60
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
