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Q: What size is the print?

The larger plate measures 13.8 by 20.5 centimeters. Rembrandt also made a smaller version in the 1630s. Rembrandt created this etching in 1659, depicting the myth of Jupiter visiting the sleeping Antiope disguised as a satyr.

Q: What technique did Rembrandt use?

Rembrandt combined etching, drypoint, and burin work. The large areas of white space intensify the scene's erotic dreamlike quality It's held at Private Collection.

Rembrandt made this etching in 1659, depicting the myth of Jupiter visiting the sleeping Antiope disguised as a satyr. The subject comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses: the god lifts her bedsheet to gaze at the Theban princess while she sleeps unaware. It's considered Rembrandt's most powerfully erotic print.

The composition draws from an earlier etching by Annibale Carracci, though Rembrandt made the scene more intimate through his use of drypoint and large areas of white space. The print measures 13.8 by 20.5 centimeters in its larger version. He also made a smaller version in the 1630s.

Prints from this plate are held in collections worldwide, including the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, which sells high-quality reproductions. This was Rembrandt's last rendering of a classical mythological subject. The image later inspired Picasso's famous print "Faun Unveiling a Sleeping Girl."

Impressions exist in many museums. The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam sells reproductions printed from recreated plates, located in Unknown, Unknown.

Jupiter visits the sleeping princess Antiope disguised as a satyr. The story comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, a favorite source for Rembrandt. Rembrandt created this etching in 1659, depicting the myth of Jupiter visiting the sleeping Antiope disguised as a satyr.

The larger plate measures 13.8 by 20.5 centimeters. Rembrandt also made a smaller version in the 1630s. Rembrandt created this etching in 1659, depicting the myth of Jupiter visiting the sleeping Antiope disguised as a satyr.

Rembrandt combined etching, drypoint, and burin work. The large areas of white space intensify the scene's erotic dreamlike quality It's held at Private Collection.

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