Woman with a Urinating Child

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1658 - c. 1660

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.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1955-48
  • Dimensionsheight 135 mm x width 118 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen en bruine inkt, op lichtbruin gekleurd papier; kaderlijnen in bruine inkt