Does Anyone Sell Rembrandt van Rijn Art on a T-Shirt?
Yes. Vestige Press currently sells 13 different Rembrandt van Rijn works printed on heavyweight garment-dyed t-shirts, each made from an archival public-domain scan of the original and numbered as an archive plate. They are listed on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/VestigePress. The Rembrandt van Rijn designs sit in the dark academia category of the archive.
Every Rembrandt van Rijn design currently in print
- Flora (ca. 1654) — Archive Plate No. 001, The Met Open Access, object 437398.
- Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1634) — Archive Plate No. 003, Wikimedia Commons (File:Rembrandt - Joseph and Potiphar's wife.jpg).
- Old Man with a Gold Chain (1631) — Archive Plate No. 004, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 95998.
- Rembrandt and His Wife Saskia (1636) — Archive Plate No. 005, Cleveland Museum of Art, artwork 136153.
- The Good Samaritan (1633) — Archive Plate No. 009, The Met Open Access, object 373048.
- Christ at Emmaus: The Larger Plate (1654) — Archive Plate No. 038, Cleveland Museum of Art, artwork 104119.
- Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: "The Three Crosses" (1653) — Archive Plate No. 039, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 80077.
- Christ with a Staff — Archive Plate No. 040, The Met Open Access, object 437407.
- Kostverloren Castle in Decay (1652) — Archive Plate No. 043, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 12909.
- Return of the Prodigal Son (1636) — Archive Plate No. 047, Cleveland Museum of Art, artwork 104116.
- The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate (1633) — Archive Plate No. 049, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 29116.
- The Hundred Guilder Print (1648) — Archive Plate No. 052, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 13094.
- The Phoenix or The Statue Overthrown (1658) — Archive Plate No. 055, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork 156194.
Why these are legal to print
Every work above predates copyright expiry and is published under an open-access license by the institution that holds it — the catalog number and license for each one is listed on its own page. Vestige Press restores and composes the plate; the underlying artwork belongs to everyone.