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Woman at the Bath with a Hat Beside Her,
1658
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669; born Leiden, Netherlands; died Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002-374
Rembrandt’s realistic representations of the female nude, which were considered ugly in the later seventeenth and the eighteenth century, are characterized by an expressive humanity. This is one of six etchings from the 1650s that feature the same unidentified model in a variety of ambiguous settings containing studio props, such as the bench and the prominent, broad-brimmed man’s hat. Although the precise meaning of this intimate scene is elusive, Rembrandt’s principal preoccupation is with dramatic light effects. Here, the harsh glare on the right counters the softer glow on the woman’s body and the crumpled sheets around her.
More About This Object
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Title
Woman at the Bath with a Hat Beside Her
Dates
1658
Maker
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 15.8 × 12.9 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2002-374
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Signed and dated in plate, upper left: Rembrandt F. 1658
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite, verso lower center: Hb69.2.5.15
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 199; Biörklund and Barnard 58; Hind 297; Hollstein 96; Münz 139; New Hollstein 299.310
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Albertina, Vienna [Lugt 5g]; deaccessioned [Lugt 5g]. Carl Hirschler [1871-1941, Lugt 633a] and Rose Dreyfus Hirschler; then by descent. Sotheby’s, New York, November 7, 2002, lot 61; purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.
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, no. 86 - "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2002," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 62 (2003): p. 107-161., p. 118
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Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Ger Luijten, ed., "Rembrandt," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers ; Amsterdam: In co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, 2013).
, no. 243, p. 164 - Arthur Mayger Hind, Rembrandt's etchings: an essay and a catalogue, with some notes on the drawings (New York: Scribner, 1912)., no. 233
