Study from the Nude: Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: R991
People: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title: Study from the Nude: Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1646
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/249447

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving with extensive plate tone on white modern laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 9.7 × 16.4 cm (3 13/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
sheet: 10.2 × 17.3 cm (4 × 6 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, l.l.: Rembrandt. f. 1646.
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 991
inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 160- / [illeg.]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii/iii (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number: New Hollstein 234, Bartsch 196, Hind 221, Rovinsky 196

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R991
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. 28

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Verification Level

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