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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2899
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Entombment
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1654
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262158

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with added gray wash on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 21.1 x 16.1 cm (8 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite inscription within: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / DUPLICATE / BOSTON MASS (within an oval Lugt 282); note that this is a variant, a duplicate stamp not listed by Lugt] 10.4.25 / H. P. R. [Henry Rossiter]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No.____ [H.D.Parker collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Lugt 1870)] 476.
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: H. F. S. [Henry Sewall Foster (Lugt 1309)]
  • watermark: center: Foolscap with seven-pointed collar [Hinterding M.a., v. 2, p. 146, which he dates, p. 406 to 1654 "or shortly after." Hinterding lists the impression as G2899.]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: A. F. D. [within an oblong border; Ambrose Firman-Didot (Lugt 119)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum Accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 2899
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 87 / 1 [pound sign]. 12. 0 / l. c. f.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Lugt 282).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 284, Bartsch 86, Hind 281, Rovinski 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Ellen Bullard
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
M2899
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt Prints & Drawings, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 11/05/2008 - 12/14/2008

Verification Level

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