Harvard Art Museums > G4930: Death of the Virgin 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"Death of the Virgin (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) , G4930,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/279339. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G4930 People Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam) Title Death of the Virgin Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1639 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/279339 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint with added mezzotint on white 18th-c. antique laid paper Technique Etching and drypoint Dimensions sheet: 39.5 × 31.2 cm (15 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Rembrandt f. 1639 watermark: Grapes [Hinterding v. 2, p. 150, Z.z. There is also a countermark: unidentified but perhaps MOYEN NORMANDIE I GERMAIN, which Hinterding v. 2, p. 234, gives as a countermark to Grapes, found on an impression of The Death of the Virgin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.] inscription: in plate, lowre left: Rembrandt f. 1639 collector's mark: verso, pale purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 4930 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State iv/v (posthumous) Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 173, Bartsch 99, Hind 161, Rovinski 99 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund Object Number G4930 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. Publication History Michael Cole, ed., The Early Modern Painter-Etcher, Pennsylvania State University Press (University Park, PA, 2006), repr. as fig. 19 on p.23 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography] Perrin Stein, Artists and Amateurs: Etching in 18th-century France, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2013), repr. as fig. 54 on p. 154 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography] Related Works M13104 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Death of the Virgin Prints 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
