Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook

 

Rembrandt van Rijn

  1606 - 1669 (biography)

1658 , printed in 19th century 

etching 

6 1/4 x 3 1/8" image (160 x 80 mm) 

unsigned, as usual 

not applicable 

 

Bartsch 200; Hind 298; Dutuit 196; HOLL. 200; NEW HOLL. 309 

antique white laid with MBM watermark 

ii/ii 

Basan or Bernard 

19737 

$2,500.00 

A 19th century impression, printed on a thick laid MBM watermarked paper. The woman in the image is seated on a cushion on a chair, the back of which is visible behind her. She appears to be drying her hands on the towel beside her. Research indicates that the image began as a studio figure study which Rembrandt changed to a scene outdoors by introducing foliage behind the figure and suggesting that there was a brook or small river in which her lower legs were immersed.