Rembrandt's Drawings

Rembrandt was one of the greatest draftsmen in the history of art. Because he usually regarded his drawings the way a novelist regards the ideas he jots down in his journal--as a purely private record of observations and feelings--they are often deceptively simple. Yet the very spontaneity and economy with which Rembrandt sketched his impressions make them dazzling to connoisseurs.

His production of drawings was as prolific as it was brilliant. About 1,400 attributed to him survive, and probably at least an equal number have been lost. The reasons for the loss, aside from fire, flood and negligence, may be divined from the drawings that remain. Rembrandt made relatively few preparatory studies for his paintings and even fewer highly finished "presentation" drawings - gifts for friends and admirers. Usually his drawings were unrelated to his major works and were, moreover, unsigned; only about 25 that bear his signature are known. Thus it is likely that inexperienced collectors, misled by the simplicity of the drawings and ignorant of their authorship, discarded them.

Experts estimate the dates of Rembrandt's drawings by studying his style the way he used his favorite media: red and black chalk, ink and quill or reed pen, brush and washes.

CORE LIST OF RENBRANDT'S DRAWINGS BY GARY SCHWARTZ

135 Drawings and Etching by Rembrandt at the Albertina, Vienna

	Man Pulling a Rope c. 1627-1628 Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
	Standing Beggar Turned to the Right c. 1628-1629 292 x 170 cm. Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam
	Self Portrait with Tousled Hair c. 1629 127 x 94 mm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	Self Portrait, Open-Mouthed c. 1629 127 x 95 cm. British Museum, London
	A Study of a Woman Asleep c. 1629-30 250 x 220 mm. Kupferstichkabinet, Staaliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
	A Study of a Female Nude Seen from the Back c. 1630-1634 165.9 x 11.8 cm. Coultard Institute Gallery, London
	Old Man Seated in an Armchair, Full-length c. 1631 226 x 157 mm. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
	Diana at her Bath c. 1630-31 181 x 164 mm. British Museum, London
	Saskia van Uylenburch June 8, 1633 185 x 107 mm. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
	Saskia Looking out of a Window c. 1633-34 236 x 178  mm. Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
	A Woman Seated in an Armchair with a Letter in her Left Hand c. 1633-1635 26.5 x 10 cm. Kupferstichkabinet, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburgh
	Self Portrait mid-1630s 123 x 137 mm. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
	A Woman with a Little Child on her Lap c. 1635 16 x 13.6 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris
	Two Studies of a Baby with a Bottle c. 1635 101 x 124 mm. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
	A Nurse and an Eating Child c. 1635 16.5 x 13 cm. Albertina, Graphische Sammlung, Vienna
	A Study for 'The Great Jewish Bride' c. 1635 240 x 190 mm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
	A Woman Sitting up in Bed c. 1635 14.8 x 19.1 cm Grininger Museum, Groningen
	A Woman Sitting up in a Bed c. 1635-1636 14 x 14.6 cm. Coultard Institute Gallery, London
	A Woman and Child Descending a Staircase c. 1635-1636 18.7 x 13.2 cm. Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York
	Ganymede Carried Away by the Eagle of Zeus c. 1635 183 x 160 mm. Kuperstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen, Dresden
	Landscape with Two Cottages c. 1635 10.9 x 19.2 cm. Kupferschkabinett, Berlin
	Landscape with a Man Standing by a Road (verso of drawing above) c. 1635 10.9 x 19.2 cm. Kupferschkabinett, Berlin
	A Woman Comforting a Child Frightened by a Dog c. 1636 10.3 x 10.2 cm. Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
	A Woman with a Child Frightened by a Dog 1636 18.4 x 14.6 cm. Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Study of Heads and Figures c. 1636 Barber Institute of the Arts University of Birmingham, England
	Saskia Lying in Bed, a Woman Sitting at her Feet c. 1635-38 228 x 165 mm. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
	An Elephant 1637 23,3 x 35,4 cm Vienna, Albertina
	A Seated Woman, Naked to the Waste c. 1637 19.9 x 15.3 cm. Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
	Two Studies of a Bird of Paradise c. 1637 181 x 154 mm. Louvre, Paris
	An Elephant, in the Background a Group of Spectator c. 1637 178 x 256 mm British Museum, London
	A Nude Woman with a Snake c. 1636 24.7 x 13.7 cm. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
	Two Women Teaching a Child to Walk c. 1640 103 x 128  mm. British Museum, London
	Three Studies of an Elephant c. 1637 239 x 354 mm. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
	A Portrait of Titia van Uylrnburg 1639 17.4 x 14.6 cm. National Museum, Stolkholm
	The Rijnspoort at Rhenen c. 1640 120 x 176  mm. Chatsworth Collection, Chatsworth
	An Interior with a Woman in Bed 1640-1641 14.1 x 17.6 cm. Collectiom Frits Lugt, Istitut Néerlandais, Paris
	A Bend in the Amstel at Kostverloren 136 x 247 mm. The Duke of Devonshire and the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth
	A Woman Teaching a Child to Stand c. 1640 78 x 554  mm. British Museum, London
	Cottages before a Stormy Sky c. 1641 18.2 x 24.5 cm. Albertina, Vienna
	Three Studies of a Child, One Study of a Woman c. 1640-1645 21.4 x 16 cm. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge
	The Healing of Tobit c. 1640-1645 210 x 177 mm. Mme. Pierre Goujon Collection, Paris
	Woman Wearing a Costume of Northern Holland, Seen from her Back c. 1642 220 x 150  mm. Teyler Museum, Haarlem
	An Old Woman Holding a Child in Leading Strings; on the  Left a Separate Study of the Bust of the Child c. 1645 160 x 1654  mm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
	A Study for a Girl at a Window c. 1645 8.8 x 6.6 cm. Courtauld Institute Gallery, London
	Three Women and a Child c. 1645 23.2 x 17.8 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	A Seated Female Nude as Susanna c. 1647 20.3 x 16.4 cm. Kupperstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer  Kulturbesitz, Berlin
	View over the Amstel over the Rampart c. 1647-50 90 x 106 mm. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
	Jan Six with a Dog, Standing by an Open Window c. 1647 220 x 175 mm. Six Collection
	Landscape with a Farmstead c. 1649-1650 7 x 15 cm. Chatsworth Settelemnt, Chatsworth
	View of Houtewaal c. 1650 125 x 182  mm. Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth
	A Bend in the Amstel at Kostverlore c. 1650 136 x 247 mm. The Duke of Devonshire and the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth
	A Haystack near a Farm c. 1650 128 x 200 mm. Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth
	Lion Resting, Turned to the Left c. 1650-52 138 x 204  mm. Louvre, Paris
	View over'Het Ij' from Diemerdijk c. 1650-1653 76 x 244  mm. Chatsworth Settlement, Chatsworth
	St. Jerome Reading in a Landscape c. 1652 250 x 207 mm. Kunsthalle, Hamburg
	Rembrandt's Studio with a Model c. 1654 206 x 191  mm. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
	A Young Woman Seated in an Armchair c. 1654-60 163 x 143 mm. British Museum, London
	Self Portrait in Studio Attire, Full-length c. 1655 203 x 134  mm. Rembrandt Huis, Amsterdam
	Christ Washing the Feet of his Disciples c. 1655 157 x 221 mm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	A Woman Sleeping c. 1655 The British Museum, London
	A Woman Seated at a Window, Eyes Shut c. 1655-1656 16.3 x 17.5 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
	The Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Desert c. 1655-1667 182 x 252 mm. Kunsthalle, Hamburg
	The Raising of the Daughter Jarius c. 1655-1660 198 x 198 mm. Kupfenstichkabinet, Berlin
	Life Study of a Youth Pulling a Rope c. 1656-58 290 x 178  mm. Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam
	A Nude Woman Lying on a Pillow c. 1658 13.5 x 28.3 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	A Seated Female Nude c. 1660 21.1 x 17.4 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
	The Conspiracy of Julius Civilis 25 October 1661 196 x 180 mm. Staaliche Graphihische Sammlung, Munich
	Study of a Syndic c. 1662 193 x 159 mm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
	Two Soldiers on Horseback 212 x 153 mm. Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York
	The Mill on the 'Het Blauwhoofd' 118 x 200 mm. Institut Néerlandais, Foundation Custodia, Paris
	A Ditch with Hanging Shrubs 145 x 115 mm. Prins Hendryk Lubomirski, Lubomirski Museum, Lwow