# The Holy Family in the carpenter's workshop [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Brown ink, brown and black washes, 184 x 246 mm ## Commentary The Holy Family in the carpenter's workshop c. 1640 Brown ink, brown and black washes, 184 x 246 mm British Museum, London <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 516. Throughout his life, Rembrandt treated many times subjects related to the Holy Family. He varies and combines elements in his many depictions of the Holy Family, scenes that are not described or even mentioned in the Bible. ## 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]()