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A black and white print portrays a small village on the side of a dirt road

A black and white print shows a small village located on the right side of a dirt ground road. On the right-hand side of the print three houses are found, all of them have the same the same design: one front door, no windows, and thatched roofs; the first dwelling has a chimney on the side. Before the houses, on the right-front corner a leafy tree is found. Other houses and trees are seen for afar.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3265
People
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Title
Landscape with Three Gabled Cottages beside a Road
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1650
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279345

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream antique laid paper with rounded upper corners
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 16.1 × 20.1 cm (6 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 16.2 × 20.2 cm (6 3/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: Rembrandt f 1650
  • collector's mark: recto, upper left corner and lower left corner, brown ink: WE [William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: J: B- 8./Dec:2 1749 [John Barnard (Lugt 1419 or 1420)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: WE N 78- [illeg.] 209. 1 [illeg.] [William Esdaile (Lugt 2019)]
  • watermark: Strasbourg lily [fragmentary; lower extent of a Strasbourg Lily without pendant letters or numbers. Hinterding v. 2, p.228 identifies this as ZZ.zz with a questionmark, but his illustration of this mark, v. 3, plate p.488, only shows a fragment of the upper portion. The contour of the mark looks very like A.b, plate p. 415; he lists this mark, v. 2, p. 199, as on a fourth-state impression of B. 81, The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate.]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp, faded to invisibility, with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 3265
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B 217 / fr Ev. [from Evans?] Dec. 56 - / [pound sign] 36.-

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Barnard, London (1419), Auction, 1796.
William Esdaile, London (2617), Auction, 1840.
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 248, Bartsch 217, Hind 246, Rovinski 217

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3265
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), checklist no. 29

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt: A Selection of his Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 10/18/1984 - 12/11/1984
  • Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011
  • 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/09/2016 - 03/09/2017

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