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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M22555
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Self-portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1642
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254145

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9.4 x 6.1 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
sheet: 9.8 x 6.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: [script monogram within a circular border (Order or the Garter0 surmounted by a coronet; Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch (Lugt 402)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: N W [within a long octagonal border; Norman Walker (Lugt 1989b)]
  • collector's mark: verso, violet stamp: R [with a coronet above; Richard Dawnay, Viscount Downe (Lugt 719a)]
  • inscription: in plate, upper left, faint: Rembrandt f.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
R. M. Light and Co., Inc., purchase by HUAM, 1994. Purchased from R. M. Light and Co. in association with gift by Robert M. Light of plate for print. Braque "Bass" sold at Sotheby's, NYC, 13 May 1994, to pay for accession.
Duke of Buccleugh, (402), sale, Christie's, no. 1756, 1887.
N. Walker, (1989b).
Richard Dawnay, Viscount Downe, (719a), sale, Sotheby's, no. 19, 1970.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 210, Bartsch 26, Hind 157

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, by exchange
Object Number
M22555
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist, reproduction in brochure and detail reproduced on cover

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/01/2014 - 04/09/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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