The French bed, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646

Title(s)

The French bed

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1093

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 230-2(4)
• Hollstein Dutch 186-2(5)
• Bartsch 186-2(5)

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint / engraving

Measurements

height 125 mm × width 224 mm

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 134, cat.nr. 230
• L'art ou la vie! : le cas Rembrandt, Tzvetan Todorov, p. 18, cat.nr. 4
• Seduced : art and sex from antiquity to now, Joanne Bernstein, Martin Kemp, Marina Wallace, cat.nr. p. 77, afb.