A Scholar in His Study ("Faust")

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

c. 1653

Etching and drypoint on white antique laid paper

Fogg Museum

An elderly scholar in a cap and robe looks towards a glowing, circular object with letters radiating from it, seen through a window. He is seated at a desk with books and papers. An elderly scholar in a cap and robe looks towards a glowing, circular object with letters radiating from it, seen through a window. He is seated at a desk with books and papers. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray