Seated Female Nude with Raised Arms

attributed to Johannes Raven, 1658 - 1662

A number of studies of nudes by Johannes Raven made in Rembrandt’s workshop are known. The model who posed for this drawing session can also be recognized in other sketches by him. In the 17th century, posing nude was considered improper for women and those who did so could even be arrested. Accordingly, it was something almost only prostitutes were willing to do.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1930-57
  • Dimensionsheight 291 mm x width 155 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen in zwart, penseel in grijs en bruin

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Seated Female Nude with Raised Arms

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1930-57

  • Catalogue reference

    Schatborn 69

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): attributed to Johannes Raven

  • Dating

    1658 - 1662

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen in zwart, penseel in grijs en bruin

  • Dimensions

    height 291 mm x width 155 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

  • Acquisition

    gift 1906

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Joseph Daniel Böhm (1794-1865), Vienna (L. 271 and L. 1552); his sale, Vienna (Posonyi), 14 December 1865 sqq., no. 1388, as Rembrandt van Rijn (‘Sitzendes nacktes Weib, (Ein Bad.) H. 11 Z., Br. 6 Z. Feder u. Pinsel mit Bister.’), fl. 251, to the dealer Georg Plach (1818-85), Vienna;{Copy RKD.} from whom purchased by Friedrich Jakob Gsell (1812-71), Vienna;{According to L. 1188 and an inscription on the drawing.} his sale, Vienna (Plach), 14 March 1872 sqq., no. 610, as Rembrandt van Rijn (‘Sitzendes nacktes Weib. Feder und Pinsel in Bister. […] Action Böhm (fl. 251).’), fl. 230;{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.}…; collection Freiherr Maximiliaan von Heyl zu Herrnsheim (1844-1925), Darmstadt (L. 2879); his sale, Stuttgart (Gutekunst), 25 May 1903 sqq., no. 251, as Rembrandt van Rijn, DM 510, to Büchle for Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB; copy RKD.} by whom donated to the museum (L.2228), 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1930

Documentation

  • Cat.tent. Drawings by Rembrandt and his pupils, Los Angeles (The J. Paul Getty Museum) 2010, p. 244

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