Nude Woman Lying on a Pillow, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1661 - c. 1662

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Nude Woman Lying on a Pillow, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1661 - c. 1662

reed pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white (oxidized), some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or wet brush, h 136mm × w 283mm Catalogue entry

The same woman apparently posed for this drawing and for the Nude Woman Seated by a Stove (nearby). She is recognizable by her hairstyle: it is not quite clear whether she is wearing a little cap or if her hair is done up in a bun. Here the art of life drawing reaches a peak. Exceptionally well rendered is the suggestion of light that bathes the woman’s warm, slightly sagging flesh.

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Catalogue entry

Identification

Title(s)

Nude Woman Lying on a Pillow

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1917-1

Catalogue reference

Schatborn 52

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1661 - c. 1662

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, with brown wash and opaque white (oxidized), some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or wet brush

Material

paper
deck paint

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 136 mm × width 283 mm

Explanatory note

Marijn Schapelhouman, Rembrandt en de kunst van het tekenen, Zwolle/Amsterdam 2006, p.30-31, kleurafb. 25

Subject

What

lying figure - AA - female human figure
lying on one side, stretched out - AA - female human figure

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1917

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445); from whom, en bloc, £16,000, to the dealer Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London, 1835;{According to L. 2445; note RMA.} ? from whom, with 99 other drawings by Rembrandt, £1,500, to William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617), 1835;{According to L. 2445; note RMA.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 17 June 1840, no. 10 (‘A nymph sleeping, a bold outline, slightly washed’), £0.17.0, to the dealer Samuel Woodburn, London;{Copy RKD.} ...; collection Robert Prioleau Roupell (1798-1886), London (L. 2234); his sale, London (Christie’s), 12 July 1887, no. 1065 (‘A woman sleeping. From the Esdaile, Lawrence, and Woodburn collections’), £3, with one other drawing, to the dealer Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (1840-93), London;{Copy RKD.} ...; collection John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929), London (L. 1507), by 1907;{According to Heseltine 1907, no. 77.} his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller & Co.), 27 May 1913 sqq., no. 22, fl. 14,900, to the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD; note RMA.} from whom, fl. 11,500, to the museum, 1917

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Figure drawing : the structure, anatomy and expressive design of human form, Nathan Goldstein, p. 37-38, afb. 2.10
Drawings of Rembrandt with a selection of drawings by his pupils and followers : with an introduction commentary and supplementary material : based on the facsimile series edited by F. Lippmann, C. Hofstede de Groot [et al.], Seymour Slive, cat.nr. 88
Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, afb. 36, p. 99
Tekeningen van Rembrandt : zijn onbekende leerlingen en navolgers, Peter Schatborn, p. 114-115, kleurafb., cat.nr. PS 52
Figuurstudies : Nederlandse tekeningen uit de 17de eeuw, Peter Schatborn, p. 57, afb. 4, cat.nr. 85
Dutch figure drawings from the seventeenth century, Peter Schatborn, Janine Hamann-Orci, p. 57, afb. 4, cat.nr. 85
Rembrandt : Zeichnungen, Bob Haak, Herbert Frank, p. 287, afb. 477
The drawings of Rembrandt [ : 1 1973], afb. 1433, cat.nr. 1137
Rembrandt 1669-1969, afb. p. 233, cat.nr. 117
Rembrandt as an etcher : a study of the artist at work, Christopher White, p. 185, afb. 277
Rembrandt paintings, afb. p. 467
Rembrandt als Zeichner, Walther Scheidig, afb. 127, cat.nr. 127
Rembrandt as a draughtsman, Otto Benesch, afb. 93, cat.nr. 93
Rembrandt : tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van Rembrandt op 15 juli 1606 : tekeningen, cat.nr. 241
Ausstellung Rembrandt und seine Zeitgenossen : Handzeichnungen aus dem Besitz des Rijksmuseums Amsterdam und der Kgl. Museen Brüssel : Graphik aus dem Besitz des Museums Schloss Cappenberg, cat.nr. 64
Rembrandt-Ausstellung zu Ehren Ihrer Majestät Königin Wilhelmine der Niederlande, anlässlich des Jubiläums ihrer 50-jährigen Regierungszeit, cat.nr. 31
Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1942], Max Dittmar Henkel, afb. 27, cat.nr. 42
Catalogue de l'exposition de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt : dessins hollandais du XVIe au XVIIe siècle, Ernest Goldschmidt, cat.nr. 86
Rembrandt and his circle, Francis Henry Taylor, Daniel Catton Rich, cat.nr. 45
Loan exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings by Rembrandt and his circle, Daniel Catton Rich, cat.nr. 45
Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter plechtige herdenking van het 300-jarige bestaan der Universiteit van Amsterdam, cat.nr. 336
Rik Wouters in Amsterdam, p. 8-9,afb.
Marijn Schapelhouman 'Rembrandt als toeschouwer', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 32 (2006) 6, p. 10-11 (afb.).

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