Bathing Woman

This sculpture of a woman with pulled up skirt bathing in the water was made by Carla Rutgers-Hendriksen in 1995 and can be found in the pond behind the Paauw aka the Wassenaar town hall.

Inspiration and model for the statue was Rembrandt's painting "Bathing young woman" (National Gallery, London), painted in 1655, portraying Hendrickje Stoffels.

She was the longtime lover of master painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The couple were unable to marry because of the financial settlement linked to the will of Rembrandt's deceased wife Saskia, but they remained together until Hendrickje's death in 1663

PS there's a close up shot on my Flickr page