# Reclining nude, leaning forward, asleep [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Brown ink and wash, 135 x 283 mm ## Commentary Reclining nude, leaning forward, asleep c. 1657 Brown ink and wash, 135 x 283 mm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/database/glossary/note03.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Catalogue number:</a> Benesch 1137. The the drawings of nudes that are attributed to Rembrandt are often in reed pen, which does not allow for finesse, careful definition, or even correct drawing. Rembrandt also downplays the erotic element in his nudes. ## 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]()