REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

A woman making water

1631
Etching, only state, 81 x 65 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Catalogue number: Bartsch 191.

In some of his works Rembrandt depicted beggars as contemptible characters. The pair of etchings of street people relieving themselves in public belong to this group.