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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13244
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1657
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262703

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, engraving, and drypoint on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching, engraving and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 × 19.5 cm (5 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 15.7 × 20.4 cm (6 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: An Adoration / no. 25-
  • inscription: verso, upper right, brown ink: 25
  • watermark: center of sheet: Strasbourg lily with monogram WR [Hinterding v. 2, p. 202, B.zz. He dates these marks, pp. 391 and 407, to 1651 and 1655.]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite number below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13244

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arnold H. Knapp, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ix/xi (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 300, Bartsch 46, Hind 255.vi (xi)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Arnold H. Knapp
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
M13244
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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