# Woman with child on her lap

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## Artwork

- Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/rembrandt-harmenszoon-van-rijn-r1ab15ef44b0460>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, 162 x 128 mm

## Commentary

Woman with child on her lap c. 1646 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, 162 x 128 mm Frits Lugt Collection, Paris &lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/database/glossary/note03.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false&#34;&gt;Catalogue number:&lt;/a&gt; Benesch 382 recto. The head of the woman was initially further from the child. That first head was rubbed out by hand before the second, in darker ink, was drawn on top of it.

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## Attribution

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