In Rembrandt.27s art Hendrickje Stoffels

hendrickje may have been model bathsheba @ bath (1654).

though there no paintings explicitly identified depictions of hendrickje, there number of portraits, nudes , other images appear depict same woman, assumed hendrickje. portrait in national gallery, london identified based on knowledge of sitter s relationship artist, , informality , affection represented. seated wearing fur wrap , jewellery. there number of other portrait-like images appear depict same woman. however, rembrandt scholar eric sluijter sceptical of attempts identify hendrickje in rembrandt s work, writing that,

if 1 compares large number of etchings, drawings , paintings purpose of recognizing hendrickje appears more not there little mutual resemblance between candidates. surprising how, still, in recent art historical literature numerous works identified hendrickje stoffels matter of course.

sluijter suggests broad similarity between faces of women in rembrandt s paintings suggest tended portray ideal type .

hendrickje traditionally identified model number of nudes, painting bathsheba @ bath. have been 28 @ time of painting. sluijter has proposed otherwise, stating rembrandt unlikely portray partner s own recognisable face on nudes sold publicly.