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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4255
People
Antoine Marcenay de Ghuy, French (1724 - 1811)
After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Beginning of the Storm
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Commencement d'Orage
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1758
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/240888

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 21.7 × 27.8 cm (8 9/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Plate: 26 × 29.1 cm (10 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 29.2 × 35.4 cm (11 1/2 × 13 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Blanc, vol. 2 no. 52, p. 600

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4255
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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