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A black and white print of a landscape presents a countryside area with houses, animals and people.

A black and white print of a landscape presents a countryside area. On the left side of the print a woman and two men are standing on the ground that is in a higher level. In the middle of the piece, a shepherd with a flock is walking toward the front. To the right three horses are on a grassy land, right behind them fence and a house are portrayed. In both sides of the dwelling two big leafy trees are found. In the background the sky and other houses are seen from afar.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12901
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep
Other Titles
Former Title: Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1650
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262281

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with touches of gray wash on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate, arched top: 8.2 × 17.4 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 8.7 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt f 1652
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 12,901
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge: Rembrandt ['d' is reversed] f 1650 [or 1652]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 18 / 15 [followed by a flourish] / 1696 / JW / B. 224 II / c 21240
  • watermark: fragmentary: Foolscap [see Hinterding p. 304, where he lists it among the foolscaps with a five-pointed collar, as variant ZZ.zz, unidentified.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
'J.W.', (1551b).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollsein 254, Bartsch 224, Hind 241

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arnold Knapp
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
M12901
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joseph Koerner and Michael Zell, Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist (unnumbered)
  • Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.190, pp. 277, 330

Exhibition History

  • Lifeworld: Portrait and Landscape in Netherlandish Prints, 1550-1650, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/30/1999 - 01/23/2000
  • Rembrandt's Journey: Painting, Draftsman, Etcher, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/26/2003 - 01/18/2004; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 02/14/2004 - 05/09/2004

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