# Three Women and a Child by a Doorway [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen in brown, 233 x 178 mm ## Commentary Three Women and a Child by a Doorway c. 1645 Pen in brown, 233 x 178 mm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In this drawing, remarkable is the way in which Rembrandt suggests forms without actually describing them. This is illustrated by the small group of the seated woman and child in the foreground. The lines do not depict anything, nor do they record the forms, but taken together they create a perfect illusion of form, volume and space. ## Related artworks - [A black drummer and commander mounted on mules; riding in profile]() - [A child being taught to walk]() - [A cottage beneath trees]() - [A girl sleeping]() - [A Man Laughing]() - [A man making water]() - [A Peddler Selling Spectacles \(The Allegory of Sight\)]() - [A Polish Nobleman]() - [A Scholar]() - [A two-humped camel]() - [A woman in Zeeland costume, from the back]() - [A woman in Zeeland costume, from the front]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()