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The artist's wife, Saskia, standing and holding flowers in her hands

Maker

Workshop of

1606-1669

Formerly attributed to

1606-1669

Title

Date of Production

1638-1639

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, touches of white bodycolour (on her chin and neck) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a card support

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.405

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Rather than indicating areas of shadow, dark smudges of ink around the standing figure here accentuate the outer contours of the body, almost giving an impression of three-dimensional relief. The figure has been identified as Rembrandt’s wife Saskia, who often served as a model for the artist. Although the use of thick lines throughout, with squiggle-like flourishes, is not typical of Rembrandt’s drawing style in the 1630s, it is not unknown in his oeuvre.

Provenance

Hugh N. Squire, London; purchased from him via Colnaghi (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), July 1962 (£16,500); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Special Display - Rembrandt drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/02/2007-03/06/2007

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/07/1983-25/09/1983

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...More

Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 19/06/1962-21/07/1962 ...Less

Literature

Bruyn, J. and B. Haak, S.H. Levie, P.J.J. van Thiel and E. van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, The Hague, Boston and London 1982-2015
vol. II, pp. 431-32 and 438 under no. A85
fig. 9 on p. 432
as not Rembrandt but a concoction by a pupil

Royalton-Kisch, Martin, Catalogue of drawings by Rembrandt and his school. Online research catalogue. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/rembrandt_drawings/drawings_by_rembrandt.aspx, 2010
under no. 106

Rembrandt, oder nicht? : Zeichnungen von Rembrandt und seinem Kreis aus den Hamburger und Bremer Kupferstichkabinetten, Kunsthalle Bremen, Oct. 15, 2000-Jan. 21, 2001, 2000-01
under no. 62
fig. a under no. 62
as Rembrandt ...More

Drawings by Rembrandt in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Galllery, 1983
cat. no. 4
pl. 1
dated c. 1633-34

Shepherd, Michael, 'Golden visions' [review of 1983 Rembrandt exhibition at Courtauld] in 'Sunday Telegraph', 10 July 1983
ill.

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 142

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 404
pl. XIV
dated c. 1633-34

Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1962
cat. no. 31
ill.

Benesch, Otto, Rembrandt as a draughtsman, London 1960
no. 7
ill. on p. 15
dated c. 1633

Benesch, Otto, Corpus der Rembrandtzeichnungen, 1954-73
vol. II, no. 217A
ill.
dated c. 1633

Royalton-Kisch, Martin, The drawings of Rembrandt: a revision of Otto Benesch's catalogue raisonné, rembrandtcatalogue.net ongoing
Benesch 0217A (posted 4 November 2015) and under 0217
as Rembrandt c. 1638-39 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none visible via transmitted light.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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