A Woman Making Water, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

etching, h 79mm × w 63mm More details

The man assumes a confident stance and, without taking off his knapsack, produces a powerful stream. The woman does her business behind a tree and keeps a lookout for anyone who might be watching. Nowadays we deem these kinds of scenes as vulgar and inappropriate, but in Rembrandt’s day they were a popular source of amusement.

Identification

Title(s)

A Woman Making Water
A woman making water

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1961-1101

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 79-2(2)
Bartsch 191-1(1)
Hollstein Dutch 191-1(1)

Inscriptions / marks

monogram and date: ‘RHL 1631’Lugt
mark: Lugt 971
mark: Lugt 2228
mark: 972

Description

Gehurkte vrouw doet haar behoefte op de grond.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1631

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 79 mm × width 63 mm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 122, cat.nr. 79

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.36380

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