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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13240
People
James Bretherton, British (active 1770 - 1790)
After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Three Trees
Other Titles
Former Title: The Three Trees (Bretherton Copy)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262234

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with touches of graphite in the sky on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 18.3 × 21.2 cm (7 3/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 18.5 × 22.6 cm (7 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: 1643 [this copies the last part of the signature and date on Rembrandt's plate, but here the name, if present, is illegible]
  • inscription: recto, lower margin, graphite: last proof valuable [There was also an extensive graphite inscription below this, which has been cut off.]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,240
  • inscription: verso, graphite inscription: [framer's order number and instructions] A3869 15 1/4 x 17 1/2 R / 1/2 in Blak [with drawing of quarter-round profile]
  • watermark: [illegible, perhaps a posthorn]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 214 copy b, Bartsch 212, Hind 205

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Arnold H. Knapp
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
M13240
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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