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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M208
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Great Jewish Bride
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Esther
Alternate Title: Girl with Hair Falling on Her Shoulders
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1635
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, engraving, and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching, engraving and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 22.2 × 16.9 cm (8 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 22.7 × 17.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with black ink numbering above arranged as four cardinal points: British . / Museum . [in a circular format with crown within (Lugt 300)] 42 / 6. / 151 / 8. [reading clockwise from 'north']
  • cancellation: verso, black stamp with graphite initials within: . British [crown] Museum . / Duplicate [within a circular border (Lugt 305)] G.W.R. [George William Reid, British Museum curator who authorized the sale]
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: [in reverse] R / 1635
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 208
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 152 / 337.[underlined] / 83:4
  • watermark: Single headed eagle [Hinterding p.327, B' a.z. He dates this paper, p. 415, to 1637. Note that he lists the acc. no. as G208.]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 154, Bartsch 340, Hind 127, Rovinski 340

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs, '00
Accession Year
1911
Object Number
M208
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 9, cat. no. 94, repr.
  • Jon D. Levenson, "Esther, a Commentary", Harvard Divinity Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Winter 1996 - Spring 1996), vol. XXV, no. 2/3, p. 8
  • Clifford S. Ackley and Ronni Baer, Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher, exh. cat., MFA Publications (Boston, 2003), cat.no.62, pp.127-29, 316

Exhibition History

  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • 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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