G3291: The Artist's Mother in a Cloth Headdress, Looking Down: Head Only

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3291

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

The Artist's Mother in a Cloth Headdress, Looking Down: Head Only

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Head of an Old Woman, called "Head of Rembrandt's Mother"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1633

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/273844

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 4.4 × 4 cm (1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, top: Rembrandt. f'. 1633.
• collector's mark: verso, faded puprple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3291
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 351. / 2d ep. [underlined] / 1784

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch 351, Hind 107, New Hollstein 121, Rovinsky 351

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G3291

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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