Harvard Art Museums > G3285: The First Oriental Head 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"The First Oriental Head (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , G3285,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/279260. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G3285 People Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title The First Oriental Head Other Titles Alternate Title: Rembrandt's Father (?) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1635 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/279260 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching with plate tone on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 15 × 12.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.1 × 13.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, upper center: Rembrandt. geretuc-. / 1635 collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA [linked] / Pr. [within a circular border; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)] collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3285 inscription: verso, graphite: E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf; late 19th-c. Gray Collection inventory] inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 266 / [pound sign?]2100 / B.286 / Ack 751i watermark: center: Strasbourg lily [Hinterding v. 2, p. 210, E.c. Hinterding mistakenly gives the acc. no. G3286 for this print. He dates, p. 356, an impresssion of this print with the watermark Strasbourg lily E.a. to c. 1635, which would accord with the quality of the Fogg impression.] Similar to: Ash - Strasbourg Lily E.a. Hinterding - Strasbourg lily - E-a_RPK_-OB-581 Heawood - 1673 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 ii/v Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 149, Bartsch 286, Hind 131, Rovinski 286 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G3285 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. 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
