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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20495
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Joseph Telling His Dreams
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1638
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/261960

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 11 x 8.4 cm (4 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt 1638
  • inscription: in plate, l.l.: Rembrandt f / 1638
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: AH [linked; Afred Hubert (Lugt 130)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: A F D [within oblong border line; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: FELIX / SOMARY [within oval borderline; Felix Somary (Lugt 4384)]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: F. D. 1837. [Firman-Didot?]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Sgl. Oppenheimer 1936 [Henry Oppenheimer? See the on-line Lugt entry for 1351 for a description of the 1936 Oppenheimer sales.]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp with graphite number: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M20495
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 37 ? / [erased and crossed out: illeg.] / 100 / 37 / 225 / A W[?] R / B 37 / c7790 [underlined] / 10
  • watermark: [not seen; Hinterding v. 2, p. 241, lists as an "unrecognizable fragment" ZZ.zz.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. Hubert (Lugt 130).
A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119).
F. Somary (Lugt 4384).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/vi
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 167, Bartsch 37, Hind 160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Harvard University Art Museums Visiting Committee in honor of Seymour Slive
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
M20495
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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