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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8247
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Self-Portrait in a Cap: Laughing
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rembrandt in a Cap, Laughing
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1630
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279274

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with slight tone on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 5.2 × 4.3 cm (2 1/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: A. F. D. [within an oblong border; Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119)]
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp: H. F. S. [H. Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: DUPLICATE SOLD BY THE / MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON [Museum of Fine Arts deaccession stamp (Lugt 5145)]
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: RHL 1630
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: GRAY COLLECTION / HARVARD UNIVERSITY [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 1101)] 8247
  • collector's mark: verso, faded purple stamp with black ink numbering within: M. F. A. / H. D. P. Coll. / No....... [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvey D. Parker Collection accession stamp (Lugt 1870)] 690
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: W.B. 1770 / No. 35. / No. 295 / B. 316 / F.S. f.y.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119).
H. Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
xiii/xiii (posthumous)
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 70, Bartsch 316, Hind 34, Rovinski 316

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8247
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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