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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13243
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate
Other Titles
Former Title: Blindness of Tobit
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1651
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262702

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with light plate tone on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 15.9 x 12.8 cm (6 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Rembrandt f. 1651
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Rembrandt f. 1651
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: A.C. / L.B.C. [within a rectangular border; Atherton and Louise Burleigh Curtis (Lugt 94)]
  • watermark: Paschal Lamb [Hinterding v. 2, p. 165, B'.a.a. He dates this, p. 416, to 1651.]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,243
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Walson 46 / N. 3 / a 17625 / collection Atherton Curtis [with a line extending to the Curtis stamp] / A31133 / 1889 / D41 / +' / 215 / WX nc [the nc underlined, perhaps an m]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. and L.B. Curtis (Lugt 94).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 265, Bartsch 42, Hind 252

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Arnold H. Knapp
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
M13243
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2022 - 01/09/2023

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