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

This complex picture shows 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.

The two pictures of the woman in bed are very similar to various drawings of Saskia in bed (like Benesch 286 in the British Museum and Benesch 281a in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford).
The woman in the upper right corner is seen in Benesch 233 (Fodor Museum, Amsterdam). The man with the Polish fur hat can also be seen in a drawing (Benesch 331, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).

Another drawing of a woman in bed (Benesch 380, also in the British Museum) is now considered to be made by a pupil.

The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Singer.

All authors lists one state only.

Hinterding identifies four editions, of which one is probably made posthumous by Clement de Jonghe. In museum collections there are several impressions of the separate parts after the plate was cut. Like nine in the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Strasbourg bend A.a (1646); Strasbourg lily; Arms of Amsterdam with cm PB.

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;

NH/WB: Only state.
A very good impression with polishing scratches. A flattened horizontal crease at upper right corner, a short soft diagonal fold across upper left corner, very pale scattered fox marks, a few pinholes.
Sheet 139 x 153/152 mm, thread margins of approx. 1 mm all around (+4%). Part of a Strasbourg Bend watermark, dated 1646 (Hinterding 2006 p. 331), vertical chain lines.

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), Chateau des Penthes (Geneva), November 2015-September 2016;
Rembrandt, fotograaf avant-la-lettre, Museum De Reede (Antwerp), January – May 2023;
Rembrandt, 17th century photographer, Daegu Art Museum (Korea), November 2023 – March 2024;
Rembrandt, de fotograaf, Westfries Museum (Hoorn), June 2024 – January 2025;