''Woman Bathing'' or ''A Woman Bathing in a Stream'' is a c.1654 painting by

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

, now in the

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, which acquired it in 1831. It was probably modelled on Rembrandt's partner

Hendrickje Stoffels Hendrickje Stoffels (1626 – 21 July 1663) was the longtime partner of Rembrandt. The couple were unable to marry because of the financial settlement linked to the will of Rembrandt's deceased wife Saskia van Uylenburgh, Saskia, but they remaine ...

, and represents a woman in a vulnerable state, stepping into her bath. Some scholars believe the painting is meant to represent the nymph

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, bathing apart from

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's entourage. The painting is broadly executed. Art historian

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refers to it as an "oil sketch enlarged to the dimensions of a full-scale painting" and calls it "one of the freshest and most original of Rembrandt's works in oil."Schwartz, Gary (1985). ''Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings''. London: Penguin. p. 295. .

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''A Woman Bathing in a Stream''
The National Gallery website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Woman Bathing category:1654 paintings category:Paintings by Rembrandt Paintings in the National Gallery, London category:Bathing in art

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