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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R984
People
Dominique Vivant Denon, French (Givry, France 1747 - 1825 Paris, France)
After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Ecce Homo Detail (Heads)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249880

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on heavy off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5.2 × 11.9 cm (2 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
sheet: 6.3 × 12.7 cm (2 1/2 × 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR [transcribed from original mount]: Heads from Rembrandt's Great Ecce Homo. / 2.50. [the 50 underlined; evidently the price]
  • inscription: in plate: R.... [New Hollstein p. 253 indicates the plate is inscribed "Rembrandt" but all but the initial letter seems to have been burnished away]
  • inscription: recto, lower center, graphite: X
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 984
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 5599 [underlined]

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 155 copy i, Bartsch 77, Hind 143, Rovinski 77

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R984
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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