Nude Seated on a Bench with a Pillow (Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook)

1658

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a seated nude person in a hunched, forward-leaning posture. The person's head and shoulders are slightly bowed, and their facial features are finely etched but not pronounced. Their hair is short and disheveled. There are no clothes visible, and the person is seated on a textured surface. They are holding a textile or sheet with both hands. The background is dark, contrasting with the lighter tones of the body.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 x 7.9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.8 x 8.8 cm (6 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 200, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 32.

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. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 309, state i/ii.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 32.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: by later hand, upper center in graphite: A2/2RT; very faintly by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 1803; by later hands, across bottom verso in graphite: 192 / femme nue les pieds da / (not deciphered)[4]107 - mmp(?)

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q75119143

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