Art, literature & history
The Pancake Woman
1635
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10.1 x 8 cm (4 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2016.41
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Rembrandt van Rijn. The Pancake Woman. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Pancake Woman — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1635.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 10.1 x 8 cm (4 x 3 1/8 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
The Pancake Woman exemplifies Rembrandt's observation of daily life. The scene includes closely observed details, such as the child on the right who gazes thoughtfully into the frying pan and the toddler in the foreground holding his pancake out of reach of a hungry dog who chases him.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.