Rijksmuseum

Vrouw met een plassend kind

Date

c. 1658 - c. 1660

Medium

paper, ink

Culture

Amsterdam

Institution

Rijksmuseum

A woman helps a boy who has to pee. She lifts up his little tunic so that he can direct his stream towards the canal. The sketch of the horse’s head, on the left, has nothing to do with these figures. Rembrandt may have been drawing a horse when he suddenly witnessed and recorded the scene with the woman and child.

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