The Woman with the Arrow

• The Woman with the Arrow
• Woman with the arrow

Naakte vrouw, gezeten op een bed met een gordijnkoord in haar hand

RP-P-OB-264

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1661’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

This portrayal of a seated woman is based on a life study of a model, which Rembrandt then placed in a narrative context. On the left, in the darkness to one side of the woman, a face appears. Perhaps the picture is meant to show Venus, as she steals the last arrow of the love god Cupid, although the subject has also been interpreted as Cleopatra with her lover.

Hollstein Dutch 202-2(3)

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

1661

ets, droge naald en burijn, gedrukt met lichte plaattoon

height 204 mm x width 124 mm

Public domain

• Hollstein Dutch 202-2(3)
• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 313-2(3)
• Bartsch 202-2(3)

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200125428