B 369d

Sheet of studies with a woman lying ill in bed – Fragment d

French title:

Griffonnements graves dans plusieurs sens de la planche
German title:

Studienblatt mit der in Bett liegende Frau, usw.
Dutch title:

Schetsblad met een vrouw in bed, een bedelaarspaar en diverse oude mannen
New Hollstein:

177d
Rembrandt in Black & White:

28

Etching. Ca. 1639. Size of the original complete plate: 136 x 151 mm, surface: 205 cm². Size of this fragment; 52 x 44 mm, surface: 23 cm²
The complete plate is not signed, nor dated.

NH 177d – Only state

Zoom

Copper Plate

The complete plate was not part of any of the major, early collections. It and was cut in four parts in a later stage. There are separate impressions of parts of the plate, like this fragment d.

Rarity of impressions

In auctions (2000-2025): extremely rare. Early: 3 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
In collections (New Hollstein – 2013): extremely rare Early: 1 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): this fragment not listed

Picture

The original, complete plate shows a complex picture with various people, including twice a woman in bed, generally considered to be Saskia. Saskia was frequently ill in the period this study was made and died in 1642.There are two couples of beggars, including one couple with a Lazarus klep, a rattle used by people with infectious diseases. This fragment is the upper right side of the plate.

States

All authors lists one state only.

Prints and collections

There are two other impressions of this fragment known, one in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem and one in auction with Swann (2022).

Literature

H 163, BB 38-2, G 335 , M 144, Mz , RA 977, Cl 359, W 363, Bl 122, Du 357, CD 122
Rembrandt’s Women 2001, p. 174; Rohde 2006, p. 33; Hinterding 2008, p. 611-613; Broos 2012, p. 97-99;

Rembrandt in Black & White: 28

NH/WB: only state
Sheet 52/53 x 44 mm.
No watermark, horizontal chain lines at approx. 23 mm.

Exhibitions

Rembrandt in Zwart-Wit, Westfries Museum (Hoorn), Het Markiezenhof (Bergen op Zoom), Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, Het Hannemahuis (Harlingen), Museum Gouda, Jan ten Horne Museum (Weert), Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, March 2013-August 2015; Stedelijk Museum Vianen, October 2017 – January 2018;
Rembrandt in Black & White, Schloß Britz (Berlin), Bozar Expo (Brussels), November 2015-September 2016;
Rembrandt, de fotograaf, Westfries Museum (Hoorn), June 2024 – January 2025;