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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R994
People
Unidentified Artist
After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Blind Fiddler
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Blind Fiddler, Led by His Dog
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1631
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249923

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR [transcribed from original mount]: Etched by Rembrandt.
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: [There is an inscription on the verso that has bled through sufficiently to reveal its presence, but as the print is laid down on a heavy antique laid paper, it is illegible.]
  • inscription: in plate: Rembrandt fe

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 77 copy b, Bartsch 138, Hind 38, Rovinski 138

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R994
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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