Rijksmuseum

Studie van de benen van een vrouw

Date

c. 1628 - c. 1629

Medium

paper, chalk

Culture

Leiden

Institution

Rijksmuseum

In order to make the figures in his paintings as convincing as possible, Rembrandt sometimes made individual studies of the human body. This splendid study of two legs can be connected with various paintings from Rembrandt’s early Leiden period. He succeeded in suggesting the surface of the skin and plasticity of the limbs with red chalk, moistened to give depth to shaded areas in places.

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