Woman Seated on the Ground with Two Children

1635/1640

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a sketch of a woman and two children. The woman is depicted in a side profile, seated on her knees in a squatting position. She is wearing a headscarf, long dress with long sleeves, and is holding an infant wrapped in cloth. Beside her, an older child is seated with legs crossed. The background is textured paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.2 x 10.4 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7046

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Benesch 1973, no. 198

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt Supp.1932d); given to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Rembrandt Drawings from American Collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY; and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1960, no. 26, repro.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 25, repro.

2006

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

Bibliography

1969

  • National Gallery of Art. Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art: Commemorating the tercentenary of the artist's death. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969: 34, no. 25, repro.

1973

  • Benesch, Otto. The Drawings of Rembrandt. 6 vols. London: Phaidon, 1973. (enlarged and edited by Eva Benesch from 1954-1957 ed.): no. 198

2001

  • Williams, Julia Lloyd, et al. Rembrandt's Women (exhibition catalogue). Edinburgh, 2001: p 140.

2006

  • Schatborn, Peter, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken, and Hélène Grollemund. Rembrandt dessinateur: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections en France. Paris, 2006: under no. 21, fig. 37.

Wikidata ID

Q64620306

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