Rembrandt trained with Lastman around 1624. In that period, as preparation for his history pieces, Lastman drew figure studies in red chalk on paper that he had coloured yellow. This technique appealed to Rembrandt. During and shortly after his apprenticeship, Rembrandt made multiple drawings in red chalk on prepared paper. Years later he even owned a ‘boeckie vol schetsen […] met rood krijt’ (little book full of sketches […] in red chalk) by Lastman.