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Woman reading
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Art of the 17th century teems with reading figures, namely saints, prophets, or lay people studying the Bible. However, that is not what Rembrandt depicts here. This is an intimate, domestic scene in which a contemporary woman is engrossed in reading. The text cannot be recognized, but given the book’s relatively small size, it is probably not a Bible.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLezende vrouw. 1634. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
