Warshow - Rembrandt: Details

The Drunken Lot

1633, pencil

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The Rape of Ganymede

1635, Graphics

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A Young Woman Having Her Hair Braided

c. 1635, Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash (the gray ink by a later hand)

A Young Woman at Her Toilet is a pen-and-wash ink drawing from the mid-1630s. The drawing was once thought to be a study for a painting of a biblical heroine, but it now seems more likely that, like most of Rembrandts drawings, it is a stand-alone creation, done for pleasure and to practice his skills. The young woman having her hair braided is probably Rembrandts wife, Saskia; the older woman standing behind her could be a servant. Saskia was from a wealthy family, and at this time Rembrandt enjoyed the height of his commercial success as the most sought-after portrait painter in Amsterdam.

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Cottages under a Stormy Sky

c. 1635, Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, white body color on brownish toned paper

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The Unruly child

1635, Pen and brown ink on paper with brown wash, white lead; contours indented for transfer to an etching plate

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Dutch Farmhouse in Light and Shadow

1636, pen and brown ink, brown wash

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An Elephant, 1637, black chalk on paper

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Sleeping Watchdog

1638, Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, with touches of opaque white watercolor, on cream laid paper

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Four Musicians with Wind Instruments

1638, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, some red and yellow-ochre chalk

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Christ Preaching

1643, pen and brown ink on paper

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Christ and Two Disciples on Their Way to Emmaus

1655-56, pen and brown ink with traces of white body color on paper

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Nude Woman Seated on a Stool

1654/56, Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

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Landscape with Cottages under Tall Trees

1650-1652, Pen, brown ink and brownish wash on parchment

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View over the Amstel from the Rampart

1646/1650, pen, brown Indian ink and wash

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