G3257: A Student at a Table by Candlelight

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G3257

People

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Title

A Student at a Table by Candlelight

Other Titles

Former Title: Scholar at a Table by Candle-light

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1642

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/279342

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 15.2 × 13.9 cm (6 × 5 1/2 in.)
plate: 14.6 × 13.3 cm (5 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3257
• inscription: verso, various graphite insciptions: No. 110 / 162 [?]
• watermark: [illeg. countermark, not in Hinterding]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Otto.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 213, Bartsch 148, Hind 202, Rovinski 148

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G3257

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

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