Sheet of Studies including a Woman Lying Ill in Bed

c. 1641/1642

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image depicts several figures in various positions. In the top left corner, a pair of individuals are shown from the waist up. One appears to be elderly with a beard and wearing a hat, while the other stands close by, wearing a long robe and a hat. Below them in the center of the drawing, a man is lying horizontally with his head slightly raised and supported by his arm, wearing a loose garment and hat. In the lower section, two figures are depicted from the shoulders up—the left figure has a large hat and curly hair, while the right figure wears a large hat with visible facial hair. In the upper right, a person is shown lying sideways with their head resting on a pillow. Nearby, an additional smaller face is partially visible beneath the central reclining figure. The sketch is unfinished and captured in an unembellished style with visible hatch lines defining areas and suggesting shadows. The background is minimal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 x 14 cm (6 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7104

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 369, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); 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.

1956

  • Rembrandt and His Pupils, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1956, no. 43.

1958

  • Drawings and Prints by Rembrandt from the Rosenwald and Widener Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958, no catalogue.

2001

  • The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, repro.

2004

  • The Unfinished Print, The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.

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. 177, only.

Wikidata ID

Q65024534

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