Nackte Frau auf einer Bank sitzend, mit dem Hut neben sich
Dutch title:
Naakte vrouw met naast zich een hoed
New Hollstein:
310
Etching and drypoint. 1658. Size: 156 x 129 mm. Surface: 201 cm2. Signed and dated, in the upper left corner: Rembrandt. f. 1658 The plate was not part of any of the early sales or collections and is probably not in existence.
In collections (NHD – 2013): very rare – Early: 40 – Late: – ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⊙
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): RRRR-, of the greatest rarity, a very attractive print – Early: – Late: – ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Description
There has been much debate whether the model in this etching, one of four female nudes Rembrandt etched in 1658, is his then fiancée Hendrickje Stoffels. Hinterding has suggested that Rembrandt may have joined his former pupils Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck. They have made several pictures of nude models in the same year. In Röver’s inventory of 1731 the print was referred to as 2 zittende naakte Vrouwtjes naar ‘t leven (two sitting nude women from life) in combination with Woman bathing her feet at a brook (B200). In the de Burgy sale of 1755 it was listed as De naakte Joodse bruid (The naked Jewish bride). It is not clear whom this title referred to.
Attributions and reviews
The etching is considered as special by Seidlitz and Coppier.
States
All authors list two states, both contemporary. In the 1st state the cap is as tall as its diameter. In the 2nd state the cap is reduced in size.
Prints and collections
One impression of the 1st state in the Bibliothèque Nationale is on vellum. The other ten known impressions of the 1st state are on Japanese paper. Most impressions of the 2nd state are also on Japanese paper.
Watermarks
In the 2nd state: Strasbourg lily.
Literature
H 297, BB 58-C, G 191, M 298, Mz 139, RA 553-555, Cl 196, W 196, Bl 163, Du 196, CD 254, S84. Rembrandt’s Women 2001, p. 224; Rohde 2005, p. 138; Hinterding 2008, p. 359ff; Blaazer 2009, p. 49-60;
