# Interior with Figures \("La Main chaude"\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 21 x 27 cm ## Commentary Interior with Figures \("La Main chaude"\) c. 1628 Oil on oak panel, 21 x 27 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Not in Bredius. In 1904 this painting, then attributed to Willem de Poorter, was considered to show the game "La main chaude". It is a game in which sleight of hand and close attention are rewarded. One player, the "penitent," hides his face in the lap of a second \(called the "confessor," a referee who monitors the game\) and places his hand flat behind his back. In turn, other players slap the penitent on the hand, and he tries to identify who hit him. The player who lets himself be discovered becomes the penitent. Later the painting was reintroduced to the oeuvre of Rembrandt and the interpretation of the scene was rejected as compared with the paintings of the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/molenaer/jan/maincha1.html'\)" href="/html/m/molenaer/jan/maincha1.html">subject by other Dutch artists,</a> such as Jan Miense Molenaer. ## 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]()