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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3254
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Card Player
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1641
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279234

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching (a posthumous Watelet impression)
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 8.7 x 8 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
sheet: 9.5 × 8.6 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, center left: Rembrandt f / 1641
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: H. Weber (Lugt 1383)
  • inscription: in plate, lower left, virtually completely removed : Watelet restaur
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: b [?]. 136 / 3233 / Am [?, in an oval] / B. 136

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
Hermann Weber (Lugt 1383).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
between iii and iv/v
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 193, Bartsch 136, Hind 190, Rovinski 136

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3254
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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