Harvard Art Museums > G3248: Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , G3248,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/273665. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G3248 People Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple Other Titles Alternate Title: The Young Couple and Death Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1639 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/273665 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint with light plate tone on white antique laid paper Technique Etching and drypoint Dimensions plate: 11 x 7.8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower margin, at left: Rembrandt / f 1639. collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a circulr border; W.A. Ackermann (Lugt 791)]] collector's mark: verso, brown ink: r.r. / 20 - collector's mark: verso, purple stamp (faded) with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3248 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions including a number of illegible, apparently erased inscriptions: N 109 / B. 109 / Ackm [?] 673 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Otto. W. Ackermann. Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State only state Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 174, Bartsch 109, Hind 165, R. 109 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G3248 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Marjorie B. Cohn and Harvard University Art Museums/ Harvard University Press, Francis Calley Gray and Art Collecting for America (Cambridge, MA, 1986), p. 228, fig. 21 Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist Exhibition History Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986 Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
