Three Heads of Women, One Asleep

1637

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a sketch showing three individuals, each depicted from the shoulders up. The upper left figure is in a profile position, facing left, with a hand resting on their cheek, and wearing a textured hat. The upper right individual is shown from a slightly angled front view, wearing a loose cap with a textured rim, which partially covers their forehead. Their facial features are soft, with noticeable cheeks. The lower figure is positioned in three-quarter view, wearing a cap as well, with closed eyes and a relaxed expression. Their attire appears to have a frilled collar. The background is plain, displaying the texture of the paper, with the artist's signature and the year "1657" written at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.2 x 9.4 cm (5 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7234

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 368, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930

  • Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

  • Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

1961

  • Rembrandt's Etchings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961-1962.

1996

  • Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates, Wellington B. Gray Gallery of East Carolina University, Greenville, 1996, cat. p. 5 (no cat. no.).

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 161, i/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024814

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