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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R823NA
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Circumcision
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1626-c. 1628
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249405

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 21.5 x 16.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left, engraved, not in Rembrandt's hand: Rembrant fecit
  • inscription: in plate, lower right, engraved: I.P. Berendrech. ex.
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: 9 N
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: C. Naumann [C. Naumann (Lugt 1939)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: l[illeg.]af
  • collector's mark: verso, faded purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130] 823 NA
  • watermark: [not seen; Hinterding lists this, v. 2, p. 243, as an "unrecognizable fragment" ZZ. zz.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. Naumann, Germany (1939), One of two sales in Paris...Jan 21-23 or May 7, 1861.
J. (1745-1780) Gulston, Middlesex, England (2986).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 1, Hind 388, Rovinski 7, Seidlitz 398

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R823NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 27
  • Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.7; pp.50, 70-71, 73, 311; fig.46 (detail)

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt's Journey: Painting, Draftsman, Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/26/2003 - 01/18/2004; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 02/14/2004 - 05/09/2004

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