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Rembrandt: Two Women Teaching a Child to Walk (

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Artist



Alternative names	Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	15 July 1606	4 October 1669
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1625 and circa 1669 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file	: Q5598 VIAF: 64013650 ISNI: 0000000121363802 ULAN: 500011051 LCCN: n79142935 NLA: 35139809 WorldCat

Title

Two Women Teaching a Child to Walk

Date

circa 1635-1637

Medium

red chalk on gray paper

Dimensions

height: 10.3 cm (4 in); width: 12.8 cm (5 in)

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Current location

Prints & Drawings

Accession number

1910,0212.187

Object history

by 1679: Jan van de Cappelle (1624-1679), Amsterdam/Haarlem
by 7 May 1868: Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Swanage
between 7 May 1868 and 8 May 1868: sale of the collection of Sir John Charles Robinson at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 62
by 1909: George Salting (1836-1909)
1910: bequeathed to the British Museum, London, by George Salting

Exhibition history

Exhibition of Works by Rembrandt. Winter exhibition, thirteenth year, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2 January 1899–11 March 1899, cat. no. 154 (2).
Exhibition of drawings bequeathed to the British Museum by the late Mr George Salting, British Museum, London, 1910, p. 5.
Exhibition of drawings and sketches by Old Masters and by artists of the English School principally acquired between 1904 and 1912, British Museum, London, 1912, cat. no. 166b.
Drawings and etchings by Rembrandt, British Museum, London, 1938, cat.: Summary list of the drawings and etchings by Rembrandt in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, cat. no. 5.
Rembrandt and his succession. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London, 1956 to commemorate the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt, British Museum, London, 1956–1957, cat. no. 10.

Rembrandt and the Passion. Prints and drawings, British Museum, London, 9 February 1984–29 April 1984, in-house catalog, cat. no. 5, as 1630s.

An A-Z of the Prints and Drawings Collection, British Museum, London, 5 February 1987–25 May 1987, no catalogue.
Drawings by Rembrandt and his circle in the British Museum, British Museum, London, 26 March 1992–4 August 1992, ISBN 9780714116402, cat. no. 16.
Rembrandt's Women, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 8 June 2001–2 September 2001, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 September 2001–16 December 2001, cat. no. 56, p. 138.

Rembrandt. A 400th anniversary display, British Museum, London, 2006no catalogue.

Inscriptions

verso:

b

References

British Museum, as Two women teaching a child to walk; one bending over and pointing. c.1635-1637 Red chalk on rough grey paper.

Source/Photographer

www.britishmuseum.org : Home : Info : Pic

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