Study of Saskia as St Catherine (The Little Jewish Bride)
Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn (1606-1669)
Ref. 487
Etching with drypoint, 1638, New Hollstein’s only state, a good impression of this fairly rare print, with some burr just below the nose
Plate: 11 x 7.8 cm
Literature: Bartsch 342; cf Hinterding 2008, no. 241; New Hollstein 169 Rembrandt depicts Saskia van Uylenburgh, his first wife as St Catherine with the wooden wheel of torture behind her. The simple costume and loose hair has also been related to the Whitsun Flower, a girl who went round at Whitsun singing for a tip