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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
The PancakeWoman
.
Etching and drypoint, 1635. 109x78 mm; 4
1
/
4
x3
1
/
8
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s third
state (of 5); Usticke’s second state (e) (of 6);White and Boon’s second state (of 3); New
Hollstein second state (of 7). A very good, dark and well-inked impression with strong
contrasts, before the Basan editions.
According to Luijten,“Three pancakes are spread out in the flat-bottomed pan, and judging
by the impatience with which the assembled youth are clamoring for them, the cook will
have to keep the fire ablaze for some time yet. Rembrandt did not depart from the
traditional images of pancake-making; since Pieter Brugel the Elder the emphasis had
been on the enthusiasm with which children, in particular, devoured the delicacies.
Rembrandt presents us with a scene from everyday life, including keenly observed details
such as the child on the right that gazes thoughtfully into the frying pan, the plump
toddler in the foreground holding its portion out of reach of an importunate dog, and
the lad behind the pancake woman who shows some coins in the hope of gaining
preferential treatment,” (Luijten/Royalton-Kisch,
Rembrandt the Printmaker
, London, 2000,
p. 152). Bartsch 124; Biörklund 35-I; Hollstein (White and Boon) 124.
[7,000/10,000]