The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest

1631

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts an elderly woman in an etching. She is shown from the chest up, positioned slightly turned to her left and looking downward. Her facial features are detailed, showing pronounced wrinkles, a slightly furrowed brow, and partially closed eyes. Her hair is covered by a dark headscarf draping over her shoulders. She wears a dark garment with a high white collar showing at the neckline and holds the fabric of her clothing lightly with one hand near her chest. The background consists of densely crosshatched lines, creating a textured effect to highlight the figure in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7056

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 349, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald, purchased from the Hollstein and Puppel Sale1929 (lot #815); 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.

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. 87, ii/vi.

Wikidata ID

Q65024426

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