The Polish Rider

Rembrandt van Rijn

c. 1655 · Oil on canvas · The Frick Collection, New York

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About this work

Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Year: c. 1655
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 116.8 × 134.9 cm
Collection: The Frick Collection, New York
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

A young man in a fur-trimmed cap rides a pale horse through a dim landscape with a bow, quiver and sabre at his side, the background left sketchy and in places unfinished. Nobody knows who he is or whether the picture is a portrait at all; the costume is Polish or Hungarian, and the horse has drawn as much comment as the rider. It is usually dated to the 1650s, when Rembrandt's style had grown broad and shadowy. Henry Clay Frick bought it in 1910 from the Tarnowski family in Poland, and it has hung in The Frick Collection in New York ever since. In 1984 a member of the Rembrandt Research Project suggested the pupil Willem Drost might have had a hand in it, but the Frick never changed its label, and later scholars including Ernst van de Wetering and Simon Schama argued firmly for Rembrandt. Its air of mystery is a large part of its hold.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Polish Rider in the public domain?

Yes. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Frick Collection.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Polish Rider painted, and in what medium?

The Polish Rider dates from c. 1655 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 116.8 × 134.9 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Rembrandt van Rijn's The Polish Rider — The Polish Rider — a young horseman in a fur cap and red breeches on a pale horse against a dark hillside — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Masterworks of the Dutch Golden Age, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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