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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3255
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
The Blind Fiddler
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1631
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279235

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 7.8 x 5.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: RHL 1631
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a circular border; Wilhelm Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • watermark: fragment: Foolscap with five-pointed collar [this impression not listed in Hinterding, but a third state impression is listed, v. 2, p. 286, of Foolscap with five-pointed collar variant O.a. This variant is not listed in his watermark chronology, but Foolscap with five-pointed collar marks date generally from the 1640s and '50s.]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B. 138

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. Ackermann.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
viii/ix
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 77, Bartsch 138, Hind 38, Rovinski 138

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3255
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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