Virgin and Child in the Clouds

1641

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts a seated woman holding a child, both visible from the waist up. The woman is shown in a sitting position, cradling the child in her arms. Her face is softly sketched with a gentle expression. She is wearing flowing robes with intricate details, and her hair is mostly covered by a draped hood. The child is wrapped in a swaddling cloth and is close to the woman. The background is composed of hatched lines radiating outwards with faint outlines resembling clouds or abstract shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.6 x 10.7 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 18 x 11.9 cm (7 1/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.25.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 61, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Duc d'Arenberg (Lugt 567) (possibly his sale, London, Christie's, 17 July 1902, lot 52); Dr. Friedrich A. Lieberg (Lugt undesc) (sale Bern, Kornfeld and Klipstein, 21 June 1979, lot 30); Joseph R. Ritman (his sale, London, Sotheby's, lot 34, not sold); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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. 188, i/ii.

Watermarks

Arms of Strasbourg

Wikidata ID

Q75406912

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