Sketches from a Tavern: Woman Standing and Two Men Seated

Attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows three individuals from the waist up in a sketch. One person on the left stands in the background, while the central figure is seated or leaning forward. Another individual seated on the right holds a cylindrical object. The background is simple, with hatched lines for depth or texture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 10 x 14.3 cm (3 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.678

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. A22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marsden Jasael Perry (1850-1935), Providince, RI (Lugt 1880)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • Drawings and Watercolors by Flemish and Dutch Masters, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954.

1995

  • Adriaen Brouwer: Youth Making a Face, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996.

Bibliography

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. A22

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at upper right, in graphite, in later hand: C; at lower left, in graphite, in later hand: no. 14; at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: FCx.xx [?] / B-513

Markings

recto: none; verso: Marsden Jasael Perry (Lugt 1880)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64536908

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