Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt’s Etchings

The exhibition features 36 rare etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) executed between 1629 and 1648. Widely recognized as the greatest practitioner of the etching technique in the history of art, Rembrandt created 300 prints that constitute a body of work unparalleled in richness and beauty. Rembrandt repeatedly chose beggars as the subject for his etchings. Many of Rembrandt's etchings sympathetically portray beggars as biblical figures. These etchings of beggars also played an essential role in Rembrandt's formative years as an artist.

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Magnifying glasses are provided to enable you to really take in the details of these fine etchings.

A Man Making Water

This was my favorite piece. It reminded me of a painting my step-father once had hanging in his den.

The details are so amazing!

The Hudgens Center is a local fine art museum almost quite literally across the street from my office. I have been an on and off member of the museum since it first opened. It has a very small Zen sculpture garden, a children's area, one main exhibit hall with another local exhibit hall and some room for their permanent collection along the corridors.

I feel like this is my own personal art museum that no one knows about. It does not get a lot of traffic even though it is connected to the Gwinnett Arena and Civic Center. The complex is expanding which will be good for the museum. I hope it does not lose the hidden away charm it holds for me.

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