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Three heads of women, one lightly etched
(c. 1637)
Medium
etching
Measurements
12.7 × 10.2 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1961
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Although these heads were modelled on Rembrandt’s wife, Saskia, the etching was not intended as a portrait. It emulates an informal drawn sheet of studies in its combination of three heads in varying stages of completion. The sketchy, informal nature of Rembrandt’s etched line and the spontaneity of his drawing style were highly prized by his contemporaries.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 367; Hind 153 ii/ii; White & Boon 367 iii/iii; NHD 162 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Accession Number
1002-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
black-and-white (colours) cross-hatching heads (representations) heads (representations) portrait heads studies (visual works) unfinished women (female humans)
Movements
Baroque