Sitting woman, ca. 1650 – 1652

Title

Sitting woman

Draughtsman

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn school

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study
• sketch

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): [...]ius A° 1646.

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): C[...] X[... unleserlich]
Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Osterlamm

Work Catalogues

• Benesch IV.200.765

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1849 in Vienna

Genre

• personal depiction

Primary

• 31D15(+53) adult woman (+ sitting)

Secondary

• 41A7212 armchair, seat
• 31AA2627 standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs crossed - AA - female human figure

Alternative Attribution

• Barent Fabritius ? draughtsman; by written note
• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn draughtsman; declined, by written note

Historic Attribution

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn draughtsman