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TEFAF Maastricht 2017 | This etching of a woman beside a stove, part of a group made in the 1650s, may be Rembrandt’s finest print of a nude

Woman sitting half-dressed beside a stove (detail) (1658), Rembrandt van Rijn. David Tunick Inc., price on application

Woman sitting half-dressed beside a stove (detail; 1658), Rembrandt van Rijn. David Tunick Inc., price on application

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Woman sitting half-dressed beside a stove (1658), Rembrandt van Rijn

Arguably Rembrandt’s finest print of a nude, this etching belongs to a group made in the 1650s showing women in various states of undress. Far from the monumental and explicit Bathsheba, whose pose she echoes, this seated figure has a quiet domestic intimacy which appears shyly erotic in contrast.

Woman sitting half-dressed beside a stove (1658), Rembrandt van Rijn. David Tunick Inc., price on application

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